Bug#65837: installing local .mf files
On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 09:59:02AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Dan Christensen <jdc@jhu.edu>
> Subject: Bug#65837: installing local .mf files
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:43:29 +0200
>
> > Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
> > > Don't know. Are they free? Where do you find them?
> >
> > They're on CTAN, for example:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/lamstex/mf/lams1.mf
>
> Hmmm, I guess this one (lamstex) might be non-free. Its
> dvipaste/dvipaste.c states as follows;
>
> 3E. License Fee: You may not charge a license fee for the
> DVIPASTE software, either in its original or modified form. However, you
>
> Isn't this too restrictive? It mentioned nothing about mf/tfm
> files.
The NOTE file in the top directory says:
LAMS-TeX (including the programs dvipaste and index) has been
released as public domain software for inclusion in public archives
by Michael Spivak of TeXplorators.
Not sure about this part of the license though; maybe ask on -legal.
Nothing in the DFSG appears to talk about this, except possibly in
point 1, and it's not clear that this applies here.
> > The lams fonts are fancy arrow heads and tails needed by the pb-diagram
> > package, which ought to be included in the distribution as well. I
> > know a bunch of mathematicians who use it. It's in:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/pb-diagram/
>
> This one (pb-diagram) seems okay, it is under GPL.
Great.
Julian
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg
Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/
Reply to: