Hi Norbert, Norbert Preining wrote: >> >>Sure, but only if you can promise this *will be* the end of it. >>Otherwise, it only adds even more of a hassle (it seems whatever >>we do, it is never quite enough). > > To be honest: This is the way MOST projects go. And with a statement > like this Debian Developers normally are more than content, they are > happy: It is NOT our job to check every single file. If upstream gives a > statement, we believe it. But it should be mentioned somewhere. > > Yes, if you do this and keep it up to date, that would make it perfectly > simple for all of us: > - I just package everything which is DFSG compatible into context > - I just package the rest into context-nonfree > - The copyright statements includes the licenses as given and refers to > the relevant MANIFEST files. > > As I said, it would help us (Debian) a lot, and I am sure it would also > help other distributions (TeX Live) a lot, because it is clear what can > be included and which conditions!
Ok, I'm convinced. I'll try to work this out soon-ish, but not this year anymore. For the cont-ext files, I want to set up some automated system based on the contextgarden.net information. That way, I won't have to think about adding stuff manually, but it takes some time to create and test the scripting. >>>./doc/context/document/general/manuals/tiptrick.pdf NOSOURCE >> >>Do you prefer to have no file at all? Or is NOSOURCE better than >>nothing? Consider that if these PDF documents were created using >>InDesign, there would not even exist a source, anywhere. > > As I said, I *cannot* include it into context, but I WILL it include, as > with the rest of the ConTeXt documentation into context-nonfree so that > people WILL have everything available. This is clear to me now, I read your later email about the context and context-nonfree packages. > > Taco, thanks a lot for your work and all the best Thank you too, for all your effort in packaging context. Best wishes, Taco _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
