Hello, FYI: I have created the package psutils-libre in which the files md68_0.ps and md71_0.ps and their dependent script and man page fixmacps.pl and fixmacps.man were removed.
Additionally I have adapted the Makefiles and left a notice in LICENSE and README. You can get psutils-libre here: http://www.connochaetos.org/misc/psutils-libre-1.17.tar.gz Kind regards, Henry On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:07:00 +0200 Henry Jensen <hjen...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello > > On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:01:54 +0200 > Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be> 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. > > I also mailed this issue to the gNewsense-dev list. > > 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. > > Regards, > > Henry > > > > > >
