Documentation Review
As you may have noticed, I volunteered to go through the
documentation we include with teTeX to check to be sure that the
files comply with the DFSG. (In response to Bug#131191.)
I'm about half done now, and I thought I'd share a bit of what I
know so far.
First off, we could, technically, close Bug#131191. There are
only 12 ``doc'' files [found via ``dpkg -L
tetex-{base,bin,doc,extra} | \ egrep ".*\.(pdf|ps|dvi)(\..*)?"'']
included in tetex-base, and they are all DFSG-free, as far as I
can tell.
In particular,
Filename: /texmf/dvips/misc/pspicture.ps
Status: free
What: code{dvips} configuration file.
License: LPPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/context/base/minstall.pdf
Status: free
What: Installation manual for ConTeXt system.
License: GPL
Notes: Note that most ConTeXt documentation is distributed
under the non-free ConTeXT license. As a result, it
is not available from Debian.
Filename: /texmf/doc/context/base/mreadme.pdf
Status: free
What: README PDF for ConTeXt system.
License: GPL
Notes: Note that most ConTeXt documentation is distributed
under the non-free ConTeXT license. As a result, it
is not available from Debian.
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/carlisle/pspicture.dvi
Status: free
What: Documentation for code{pspicture.sty}.
License: LPPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.dvi
Status: free
What: Document describing the teTeX system by Thomas Esser
(upstream author).
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf
Status: free
What: Document describing the teTeX system by Thomas Esser
(upstream author).
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/fontinst/base/fontinst.dvi
Status: free
What: Documentation for code{fontinst}.
License: OWN
Notes: Redistribution of unchanged files is allowed provided
that all files listed in the MANIFEST file are distributed.
Filename: /texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.ps
Status: free
What: Document describing the teTeX system by Thomas Esser
(upstream author).
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/tetex/eurotex98-te.pdf
Status: free
What: Article from Cahiers GUTenberg describing the teTeX
system by Thomas Esser (upstream author).
License: GPL
Notes:
The following ``docs'' are really configuration files:
Filename: /dvips/misc/resolution400.ps
Status: notdoc
What: code{dvips} configuration file.
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/dvips/config/config.pdf
Status: notdoc
What: code{dvips} configuration file.
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Status: notdoc
What: code{dvips} configuration file.
License: GPL
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/dvips/gsftopk/render.ps
Status: notdoc
What: code{dvips} configuration file.
License: GPL
Notes:
Note that I'm assuming that the GPL applies to some of the
documentation files written by Thomas Esser -- we may want to
clear that up with him.
The fontinst.dvi file doesn't seem to be covered by the license
for the rest of the fontinst distribution, but CTAN claims the
whole distribution is covered by the LPPL, and the distribution
conditions in the TeX file seem close to me.
Of the 280 total items (not counting duplicates; see below), I
have examined 136. Of those, 120 are DFSG-free; none are
non-free; four are not documents (above); and 12 are ``unknown'',
meaning that they have no copyright statement, or a copyright
statement that isn't very clear or contains restrictions that
might make them DFSG-non-free.
Those documents include
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/booktabs/booktabs.dvi
What: Docs for booktabs.sty
Notes:
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/general/essential.dvi
What: General introductory document for LaTeX
Notes: Copyright by various authors. Original copyright
granted permission to reproduce in any way for free,
with the statement "Direct commercial exploitation is
not permitted."
Filename: /texmf/doc/generic/pstricks/obsolete/pst-usr2.ps
What: Reference docs for pstricks
Notes: See van Zandt license text
Filename: /texmf/doc/fonts/oldgerman/corkpaper.dvi
What: Paper describing typesetting Old German
Notes: Pre-print of paper by Yannis Haralambous from 1994 TUG meeting
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/styles/fltpage.dvi
What: Docs for fltpage.sty
Notes: dtx file says "The usual GNU-style conditions apply: If
you change it, you take the blame; if you pass it on,
pass on all present conditions;"
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/styles/algorithms.dvi
What: Describes algorithm.sty and algorithmic.sty
Notes: By Peter Williams of Australia, who is apparently
completely unreachable (see other open wishlist bugs
dealing with his algorithm packages)
Filename: /texmf/doc/generic/pstricks/README.pst-osci
What: README file for pstricks-oscilloscope package
Notes: We are distributing this README, but not the style files
or TeX documentation for the package?!
Filename: /texmf/doc/latex/styles/euler.dvi
What: Docs for euler.sty
Notes: Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Jensen. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 1993--1995 Frank Jensen and Frank
Mittelbach. All rights reserved.
Filename: /texmf/doc/fonts/marvosym/marvodoc.pdf
What: Documentation for marvosym.sty
Notes: CTAN claims GPL, but I cannot find any copyright or
license notice. The font itself is "freeware" that is
freely distributable but not modifable.
Filename: /texmf/doc/generic/pstricks/obsolete/pst-usr3.ps
What: Reference docs for pstricks
Notes: See Van Zandt license text
Filename: /texmf/doc/generic/pstricks/obsolete/pst-usr1.ps
What: Reference docs for pstricks
Notes: See Van Zandt license text
Filename: /texmf/doc/generic/pstricks/obsolete/pst-usr4.ps
What: Reference docs for pstricks
Notes: See Van Zandt license text
Van Zandt license text:
%% COPYRIGHT 1993, by Timothy Van Zandt, tvz@Princeton.EDU
%%
%% Copying of part or all of any file in the pstricks.tex package
%% is allowed under the following conditions only:
%% (1) You may freely distribute unchanged copies of the files. Please
%% include the documentation when you do so.
%% (2) You may modify a renamed copy of any file, but only for personal
%% use or use within an organization.
%% (3) You may copy fragments from the files, for personal use or for use
%% in a macro package for distribution, as long as credit is given
%% where credit is due.
%%
%% You are NOT ALLOWED to take money for the distribution or use of
%% these files or modified versions or fragments thereof, except for
%% a nominal charge for copying etc.
Of the free documents, the license breakdown is as follows:
ATTPD: 4
DFSG: 2
GPL: 19
KOMA: 3
LPPL: 95
OWN: 1 (fontinst)
The KOMA-Script license claims to be ``like the LaTeX Project
Public License'', but is fairly long and contains some
restrictions beyond those imposed by the LPPL.
Two files (l2kurz.dvi, German version of A Very Short Introduction
to LaTeX; g-brief, German version of brief.cls) are covered by
what CTAN claims is a DFSG-compatible license.
We also have a number of duplicated files (a.ps, caption.dvi) and
a number of docs being distributed in several different formats
(including some in DVI, PostScript, *and* PDF).
I'll let you know more when I've finished going through the files.
CMC
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Behind the counter a boy with a shaven head stared vacantly into space,
a dozen spikes of microsoft protruding from the socket behind his ear.
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C.M. Connelly cmc@debian.org SHC, DS
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