Hi, Charles... On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:19, Charles Plessy wrote: > I am working on a package which contains MSWord documents. I was > wondering the following questions: > > 1) How can I know if they are redistributable at all, for instance if > they contain non-free fonts? In the worst case, do I have to repackage > the sources as well? > > 2) There are simple text versions of those documents, but they have many > pages, so I was considering to convert them to PDF or HTML. However, the > converter which gives the nicest results in my hands is openoffice. Is > ther a way to run it from the command line? Would it be considered as > buildd sabotage ? > > 3) In general, is there a policy about MSWord documents?
I don't think there is a clear policy. But since the format is proprietary I wouldn't put it into a Debian package anyway. I would suggest you remove that documents from the source package, beg the upstream to release the documentation in a proper format and just ship the text files until then. Perhaps the upstream didn't want to learn DocBook/XML, LaTeX or whatever. But Word is definitely a bad choice - especially for something that will be considered a "free" Debian package. Cheers Christoph -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 1 line --100%-- 1,48 All -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
