Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-23 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 09:51:49AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > If that's the case, what they distribute isn't free > software — unless any recipient can get that source. > Certainly, for it to be included in Debian, we need to > distribute the *entire* corresponding source form of the > work. Is th

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Ben Finney
Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 13:23 schrieb Ben Finney: > > What, then, does upstream consider the source form of the work? Is > > their distributed source form something that would be considered > > free software? > > I think they also believe the abo

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 21:28 schrieb Don Armstrong: > You mean that they're distributing whatever is built from the sfd (ttf > or whatever) in the tarball and not the sfd? Exactly what i wanted to say, yes. (one ttf, no sfd). -- MfG, Christian Welzel GPG-Key: http://www.camlann.de

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Christian Welzel wrote: > I think they also believe the above .sfd as the source of the font but the > do not want to redistribute it, because they think nobody ever wants this > file and it therefor would waste space in the tarball. You mean that they're distributing whatever

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 13:23 schrieb Ben Finney: > Is the ".sfd file" the source form of the font -- that is, is that > file the "preferred form of the work for making modifications to it", > as the GPL would say? (I ask because I don't know what a ".sfd file" > is.) sfd is a format that can

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Ben Finney
Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that > is used inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently > i handle this by repackaging the orig.tar.gz (my former sponsor > wanted this). Is the ".sfd file" the source f

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 12:26:21PM +0200, Christian Welzel wrote: > Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 12:10 schrieb Vincent Bernat: > > > To be able to include it in diff.gz, you need to encode it. You can use > > But is it such a good idea to put a 120kb encoded file into the diff? > I believe i read

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 12:10 schrieb Vincent Bernat: > To be able to include it in diff.gz, you need to encode it. You can use But is it such a good idea to put a 120kb encoded file into the diff? I believe i read somewhere this is not a good practise... -- MfG, Christian Welzel GPG-K

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Pendant le temps de midi du dimanche 19 août 2007, vers 12:06, > Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used > > inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du dimanche 19 août 2007, vers 12:06, Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used > inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle this by > repackaging the orig

How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Hi there, i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle this by repackaging the orig.tar.gz (my former sponsor wanted this). But my new sponsor thinks this should be added during package build. But