On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 20:32, Aaron Swartz wrote: > I think it's clear that graphics fonts and documentation are not > software. I think it's clear you don't work with fonts or documentation. Type1 and TrueType fonts are both Turing-complete language. Non-bitmapped fonts are described as a program drawing the font splines, and bitmapped fonts aren't copyrightable. PDF and PS documentation formats are Turing-complete languages, and XML (and SGML) are just alternate forms of expressing S-exps, used in LISPs for programming. TeX and nroff are also Turing-complete, or at the very least can make calls to the shell. What about a program that consists solely of printf statements, printing static text? Is that documentation, or "software"? -- - Joe Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net> - http://www.sacredchao.net "What I did was justified because I had a policy of my own... It's okay to be different, to not conform to society." -- Chen Kenichi, Iron Chef Chinese
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