Don Armstrong <don <at> debian.org> writes: > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Norbert Preining wrote: > > On Mo, 19 Nov 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > > - the source is present, no freedom is taken: The document is present, > > > > the source code. > > > > - the pdf can be regenerated albeit with minor quality. > > > > > > Thats different to "relies on not-available fonts". > > > Relies == cant be build without them. > > > > Recreating the exact same pdf (modulo creation date etc) relies on these > > fonts. Recreating the same document with different fonts, and thus with > > different layout and appearance is possible. > > Then why distribute the original PDFs at all in that case?
Because the purpose of the document is to show the differences between several (free as well as non-free) fonts, and help the user make a choice. > Just > distribute the recreations. You're going to have to distribute them at > some point if bugs in the documentation are filed, so you might as > well just start distributing them. Many packages have enough important bugs, plus a good relation to a quickly reacting upstream, that this won't happen. You fix the important bugs in Debian revisions, but wait for documentation patches to come in with a new upstream version. Regards, Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
