Re: Preprints/Reprints of Academic Papers in Packages
On 17 Mar 2002, Sam Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> "C" == C M Connelly <cmc@debian.org> writes:
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> C> Many packages contain preprints or reprints of academic papers
> C> as part of their documentation. In many cases, there is no
> C> ``source'' available for these documents -- they are
> C> distributed as PostScript or PDF files.
>
>One case that seems fairly clear to me is cases where the upstream
>doesn't have the source either. If the upstream would be stuck
>editing the ps or pdf if they wanted to modify the document, then that
>document is its own source code at least under the GPL definition.
What does the GPL definition have to do with Debian?
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