Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread Matthew Johnson
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 docum

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Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Matthew Johnson [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 which case it

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Paul Wise [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 of this sof

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread hanke
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 circums

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <20090530071729.gh30...@matthew.ath.cx>, Matthew Johnson 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. Is there any rul

Re: PS documentation file, no sources, author died

2009-05-30 Thread Matthew Johnson
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 (a