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Re: distributing precompiled binaries



On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 11:02 +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> In message <[🔎] 20090329083338.GA28350@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de>, 
> Bernhard R. Link <brlink@debian.org> writes
> >> - only that they output the same documentation.
> >
> >I concur the problem is less severe with documentation than with
> >programs, as translating to text and reformating is often not that big
> >a loss for documentation. But I think in most cases only a .pdf is still to
> >hard to change to call it free.
> 
> Would you call a Word document a good enough source? After all, it 
> requires a proprietary program to process it properly! :-)
No, OO.o is free.
> imho, the difference between plain text and a plain pdf is minimal. If, 
> however, the pdf has loads of embedded links etc ...
-- 
Chow Loong Jin

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