On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: > Indeed, just as there is no guarantee that GCC is be able to compile > your source code
the difference is that if you accept AI files the file might be viewable with AI when they send it, but there is no one checking if it is viewable with anything else at the time of sending. People might add in those files to a debian package and not check them with any other tool. on the other hand, for C sources, normally before you check the code you compile before you share it, and for debian projects you also submit binaries. I think there are some rules for debian to prohibit publishing code that does not compile and fails the most basic packaging checks. This topic hits a nerve because I had to deal with it recently : my experience with designers is that they use illegal copies of Adobe illustrator, they use non free fonts and the resulting pdf and svg files are not editable with inkscape. Even if you can convert the file you make changes to the text without the fonts or give you the rights to use the fonts. Free software projects need to take care when dealing with "designers" who can only deliver with adobe products, because you might get the results at the last minute and the results might be unusable, I had that problem just last month and it caused a lot of disruption on our time planning. > > I'm subscribed, no need to CC me: > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct oh, i just hit reply. Stupid gmail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caf0qkv1so247+fbm471epxvypmnzzma0kwusimegum1-gub...@mail.gmail.com