Re: Free documents using non-free fonts - can they be in main?

2006-03-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:31:31 +0100 Frank Küster wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Even though _you_ may not want to take the time to fix errors, it > >> > is essential for freedom that _the user_ has the tools he needs > >> > to fix errors if he so desires. > >> > >> He

Re: Free documents using non-free fonts - can they be in main?

2006-03-04 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I can't see anything in the DFSG which would forbid it, so it looks >> free to me. With the note that the source files may need to be modified >> to allow being processed with the free fonts present in Debian, but this >> would not be a freeness issue. >I think that th

Re: Free documents using non-free fonts - can they be in main?

2006-03-04 Thread Joe Smith
It seems the only good way to handle this is to get upsteam to change fonts or convince the font author to make the font availale under a free licence. Considering the particluar fonts used, that is quite unlikely. Font copyrights are a royal pain. :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Free documents using non-free fonts - can they be in main?

2006-03-04 Thread Frank Küster
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Even though _you_ may not want to take the time to fix errors, it is >> > essential for freedom that _the user_ has the tools he needs to fix >> > errors if he so desires. >> >> He has. Just comment out the \usepackage line that changes the font, >>