Bug#234550: missing mathpi support files
Dear Andrew,
a couple of weeks ago you reported this bug to the Debian Bugtracking
system. I wrote:
frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster) schrieb:
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> Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net> wrote:
>
>> Package: tetex-extra
>> Version: 2.0.2-5.1
>>
>> The mathpi package in tetex-extra is broken at present. Documents that
[...]
>
> All we do provide is a style file and corresponding TeX font metrics
> files (*.tfm) for the people that have their own licensed version these
> non-free type1 fonts. This is the case with a couple of font packages in
> teTeX, and there are even more where we only provide free drop-in
> replacement fonts instead of the commercially available fonts for which
> the package and tfm files were developped.
>
> So if you still think this is a bug, Adobe is the party to complain
> at. We at Debian can't do anything about that (besides removing
> mathpi.sty, but that wouldn't be of any benefit).
I also wrote in a previous mail:
> I even doubt that you may legally use them with TeX, but I am not a
> lawyer:
>
> ,----
> | If the software is designed for use with an application software
> | product (the "Host Application") published by Adobe, Adobe grants you
> | a non-exclusive license to use such software with the Host
> | Application only, provided you possess a valid license from Adobe for
> | the Host Application.
> `----
>
> This sounds as if any file that can be used with Adobe Software as a
> "Host Application" may _only_ be used with this host application,
> i.e. not with TeX.
In summary, it's not that we don't want to fix this bug, but that we
legally cannot do it. I hope you see this, too. If you agree, please be
so kind and close this bug, by sending mail to
234550-done@bugs.debian.org.
Thank you, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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