Bug#479097: texlive-fonts-extra: License statement for bbm is missing
Package: texlive-fonts-extra
Version: 2007.dfsg.1-2
Severity: serious
I had a closer look at the bbm issue already raised in an other bug (in
Cc), which we thought was fixed, however it is not. There are two
related bbm directories on CTAN, one for the macros (license LPPL), one
for the fonts themselves by a different author. The file readme.bbm,
mentioned in the other bug report, only refers to the macros.
The fonts do also have a file bbm.readme, which is very old. From the
wording it seems that the fonts are intended to be free, but there is no
explicit license statement at all.
By the way, I found this while I wanted to document and register our
knowledge that bbm is free in the catalogue. It turns out that it is
really useful to check the package against its tpm file, because you
find cases like this, were different files are covered by a license than
you thought...
Regards, Frank
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages texlive-fonts-extra depends on:
ii texlive-base 2007-14 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-common 2007-14 TeX Live: Base component
Versions of packages texlive-fonts-extra recommends:
pn texlive-fonts-extra-doc <none> (no description available)
ii texpower 0.2-2 Macros for creating professional p
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-fonts-extra is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
ii tetex-bin 2007-14 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tetex-extra 2007-14 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii tex-common 1.10 common infrastructure for building
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
--
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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