Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Francesco Poli writes ("Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license"): > On Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:38:06 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: > > It is not like it is hard to add the attribution > > required by the license. > > Well, in my own personal opinion, CC-by-v3.

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

On Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:38:06 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: [...] > It is not like it is hard to add the attribution > required by the license. Well, in my own personal opinion, CC-by-v3.0 requirements on attribution are not so easy and practical to comply with [1]. This is one of the reasons

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 00:15:11 +0100 Ian Jackson wrote: [...] > Making a modified version of a scientific paper like this > one is neither useful, nor, unless especial care is taken, ethical. I respectfully, but strongly, disagree. DFSG-free scientific papers (distributed while making source

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

* Charles Plessy [2016-09-02 09:22]: [snip] So my personal point of view is that shipping the PDF in the source package is harmless, shipping it in a binary package is close to useless, and we should let the package maintainer chose the solution that he finds most

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Rafael Laboissière writes: > I will strip the PDF file from the tarball, add a link to it in > README.Debian, and also contact the upstream authors for making the > source files available. Thank you, that's a good course. -- \“We have to go forth and crush every

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Thanks to Paul, Ian and Walter for the replies. I will strip the PDF file from the tarball, add a link to it in README.Debian, and also contact the upstream authors for making the source files available. Best, Rafael * Paul Wise [2016-09-02 08:39]: On Fri, Sep 2, 2016

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Walter Landry writes: > Ian Jackson wrote: > > My personal view is that there would be no problem shipping the PDF, > > even though Debian's users would have no practical ability to modify > > this PDF. Making a modified version of a

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Rafael Laboissière wrote: > [Please, Cc to me, since I am not subscribed to debian-legal.] Done. > I am considering to package Divand [1], an add-on package for Octave. The > current upstream tarball [2] contains a PDF file [3] with the following > copyright and

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Le Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 04:38:06PM -0700, Walter Landry a écrit : > Ian Jackson wrote: > > My personal view is that there would be no problem shipping the PDF, > > even though Debian's users would have no practical ability to modify > > this PDF. Making a

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Ian Jackson wrote: > My personal view is that there would be no problem shipping the PDF, > even though Debian's users would have no practical ability to modify > this PDF. Making a modified version of a scientific paper like this > one is neither useful, nor,

Re: Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

Rafael Laboissière writes ("Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license"): > [Please, Cc to me, since I am not subscribed to debian-legal.] > > I am considering to package Divand [1], an add-on package for Octave. The > current upstream tarball [2] contains a PDF file

Inclusion of PDF with CC Attr 3.0 license

[Please, Cc to me, since I am not subscribed to debian-legal.] I am considering to package Divand [1], an add-on package for Octave. The current upstream tarball [2] contains a PDF file [3] with the following copyright and licensing conditions: "© Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License."