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

2006-03-03 Thread Frank Küster
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripsit Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > How do you fix errors in the document? > >> By waiting for upstream to release a new version. > > Even though _you_ may not want to take the time to fix errors, it is > essential for freedom that _the use

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

2006-03-03 Thread Frank Küster
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank K=FCster asked: >> Does debian-legal think that a >> document with a DFSG-free license and with sources available except for >> the embedded fonts is DFSG-free or not? > > I don't think a binary file follows the DFSG as a whole if it > contains fonts which

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

2006-03-03 Thread Frank Küster
Mark Rafn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Also, everything in orig.tar.gz must be DFSG free. > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Frank Küster wrote: >> Err, of course. That's why I ask. Does debian-legal think that a >> document with a DFSG-free license and with so

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

2006-03-03 Thread MJ Ray
Frank K=3DFCster asked: > > Sorry not to give the answer you wanted. > > Err, excuse me? [...] I missed the word "sooner" from the end of that and it seems to have totally changed the meaning. I didn't mean to suggest that you wanted a particular answer, just an answer. Sorry for being unclear,

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

2006-03-03 Thread olive
Marco d'Itri wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Err, of course. That's why I ask. Does debian-legal think that a document with a DFSG-free license and with sources available except for the embedded fonts is DFSG-free or not? I can't see anything in the DFSG which would forbid it, so it looks

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

2006-03-03 Thread Frank Küster
olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the interpretation is that the DFSG applies to the fonts > also. Indeed in this case, you cannot regenerate the same pdf file > with tools from main. Quite often I agree with you that the DFSG are > interpreted too strictly and does not refer the ori

Re: x264 for Debian

2006-03-03 Thread Måns Rullgård
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 08:39:32PM -0500, Arc Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I'm not saying the patent issue should be ignored. It just strikes me >> > as silly to even start comparing Theora with H.264. >> >> Certain graphic artists would say the

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

2006-03-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:25:24 +0100 Frank Küster wrote: > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Scripsit Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > How do you fix errors in the document? > > > >> By waiting for upstream to release a new version. > > > > Even though _you_ may not want t

Re: x264 for Debian

2006-03-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:39:32 -0500 Arc Riley wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 12:09:39AM +, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: [...] > > The patent situation is unfortunate. Nevertheless, the H.264 codec > > is being adopted by broadcasters throughout the world. For good or > > bad, the codec is here to st

Re: x264 for Debian

2006-03-03 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:01:55 -0500 Arc Riley wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:45:12PM +, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: [...] > > That said, VP3/Theora can hardly compare with H.264 in terms of > > coding efficiency. There really is no viable alternative in some > > situations. Microsoft's WMV9/VC1 c

Re: [Portaudio] Re: portaudio in Debian, license updates?

2006-03-03 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > Can you please identify yourself as someone who has legal qualification to > make the following assertions. I am concerned that any arbitrary Debian user > can take offence to our license without reasonable legal grounds. I simply > do not know who you are. I am a Debian Developer; witho