On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:07:00 +0200 Henry Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello > > On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:01:54 +0200 > Sam Geeraerts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > psutils ======= The license states: > > > > > > "The included files, md68_0.ps and md71_0.ps (and their uuencoded > > > forms) are (to the best of my knowledge) copyright Apple Computer, > > > Inc." > > > > > > The mentioned files are without license and copyright notice. Can > > > I disribute them with peace of conscience? > > > > The "to the best of my knowledge" doesn't give much hope, but I > > suggest you contact upstream anyway to ask about copyright and > > license information. > > I think upstream states, what the license is saying about those two > files. The author is not sure where they come from, he thinks from > Apple. And if he isn't sure about copyright, he can't be sure about > the licensing of this two files either. > > Unless proven otherwise, I think we must consider those two files as > non-free. yup. > I also mailed this issue to the gNewsense-dev list. Would have been good if you'd kept the discussion here and simply filed a bug. > Technical, those files are used by fixmacps(1), which "fixes" > PostScript generated from a Macintosh PC that it works correctly > with psutils package (according to manpage). > > The fix would be, to remove fixmacps and the postcript files > md68_0.ps and md71_0.ps from the package. please include this detail in any bug you may file. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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