Dear all, dear Frank, If it was the intention of the general resolution you are reffering to that any document which has been created by automatic processing of another document could not be distributed without its "source", it is rather unfortunate that it refers to the DFSG, which explicitely use the term "program" in their paragraph 2.
However, I do not want to argue, and your comment about the possibility that the PDF file might contain non-free fonts also makes sense. I will not include the PDF in my package. As for the public domain, I thought I was on solid ground because work made by public servants in the USA is automatically public domain. However, I realised that the Standford university where the software has been released is private (correct me if I am wrong), thus the program can not be in public domain. I will document this in the copyright file, and ask the upstream author if he agrees to rephrase his statement. (However, my limited experience showed me that when authors chose permissive licences or statement, they are not generally interested in managing their copyrights as rigourously as Debian expects it...) Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
