Re: PDF files and dh_compress
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:21:58AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote :
> * Frank Küster:
>
> > Most PDF files in Debian are already compressed; at least those
> > which are generated on a Debian system, and somehow TeX is involved
> > are.
>
> And those which haven't been rebuilt could well be non-free anyway
> (because we lack the source code). 8->
Dear all, dear Florian,
I am preparing a package (1) in which I have added the the PDF manual
(2) which in the public domain. It has been created from a MSWord
document. The upstream author is considering rewriting it in LaTeX, but
of course, ther is no guarantee that it will be done shortly.
(1) http://bugs.debian.org/365499
(2) available on the same page as the sources, http://probcons.stanford.edu/download.html
Does it mean that I have to remove the pdf documentation, and indicate
to the users how to download it by themselves in the manpage and/or
README.Debian?
Interestingly, one could consider that a PDF file is not a program. As
in addition this one is in the public domain, it has no licence nor
copyright. Does it mean that the DFSG do not apply and that I can
distribute it in the debian package ?
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Wako, Saitama, Japan
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