Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

On Sat May 30 00:21, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: I would really like to distribute the documentation file but the upstream author died recently [6] and the chances are small that the sources can be found. Is there any rule that applies to this case, I mean, when an author dies? Copyright (at

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

In message 20090530071729.gh30...@matthew.ath.cx, Matthew Johnson mj...@debian.org writes On Sat May 30 00:21, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: I would really like to distribute the documentation file but the upstream author died recently [6] and the chances are small that the sources can be found.

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

I'm not a lawyer, but: 1) It is clear that the author wished his work to be distributed as freely as circumstances allow. 2) It is clear that GPL aims to allow for freedom in manipulation with software. I don't think it implies that should the only source become unavailable due to higher

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

* Paul Wise p...@debian.org [2009-05-30 11:46]: What makes you think that the .ps file is not source code? It was generated with LaTeX. BTW, I suggest that in general Debian packages should have an active upstream maintainer. Do you or someone else intend to take over upstream development

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

* Matthew Johnson mj...@debian.org [2009-05-30 08:17]: The problem here is that either there is no copyright licence (in which case we can't distribute it, even in non-free), or the blanket GPLv3 applies (which is, I think, reasonable to assume) in which case either we have a source form, in

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Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

On Sat May 30 14:33, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: A. S. Hodel was the original author but this package (quartenion) is maintained collectively by the Octave-Forge team and it had been for a long time included in Octave itself, which is actively maintained. My problem is just with the PS