On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can edit PDF files with Adobe Acrobat too. They don't need to by > hybrid documents. > > I think this is very dodgy and also requires proprietary software to do > the editing. I don't know of any DFSG software that will do the same thing. pdfedit is in main, and works when it doesn't crash. > Is there any requirement that says the source code must be editable in a > sane manner (e.g. editing a PDF file with a binary hex editor would not > be sane) with entirely DFSG compliant tools? That would be a practical matter rather than a DFSG one IMO. We have packages in Debian that are in this situation right now, check the archived bugs on beneath-a-steel-sky for example. #442192 from the nsis package is another example. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
