Re: scientific paper in package only in postscript form non-free?

2011-03-18 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Noel David Torres TaƱo env...@rolamasao.org writes: Sure, it should be - what happens if it no longer exists? That seems quite possible for a years-old journal paper. It can happen that the scientific paper has non-free copyright: it uses to be attributed to the journal where first

Re: Lost sources [was: Re: scientific paper in package only in postscript form non-free?]

2011-03-18 Thread Mark Weyer
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 01:25:57PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Mark Weyer wrote: I always thought that such distribution would be in breach of the GPL, or more generally of copyleft. After all, it is impossible to distinguish, from the outside, between lost and secret

Re: Lost sources [was: Re: scientific paper in package only in postscript form non-free?]

2011-03-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Mark Weyer wrote: Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, let me rephrase my scenario: Someone modifies a GPLed work, say a program written in C. Between compiling and distributing, he deliberately deletes the C files. Then he distributes the compiled binary. By