[Bug 242416] Review Request: texlive - Binaries for the TeX formatting system
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Summary: Review Request: texlive - Binaries for the TeX formatting system
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242416
------- Additional Comments From pertusus at free.fr 2007-08-17 17:57 EST -------
I have checked texlive to give an advice about what should
be in texlive and what should be outside.
In utils/, I think that everything should be outside,
except for tpic2pdftex. sam2p, lcdf-typetools seems to me
to be interesting packages for fedora, and there is also
pdfopen, even though of less interest, but definitely
not in texlive.
Now, the big part is texk. I didn't had a look at web2c/
since I assume that everything in that directory is
part of texlive.
For the remaining, I classified in 3 parts. Directories that
are rightly in texlive in my opinion and don't have a
license issue (as far as I know), directories that are
rightly in texlive but have license issues, and last projects
that are also outside of texlive and should be maintained separately
in my opinion.
For the projects that are also out of texlive and should be
maintained separately it seems to me that it would be better
if you submitted them separately in parallel, but many
depend on kpathsea, so can only be approved after texlive.
If you don't like that approach I think that the second best
would be to leave out the projects that weren't part of tetex
and submit them only after texlive has been accepted.
Now lets list the projects. I have also put some notes like
the licenses in the list.
No problem
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cjkutils (conv/ Public Domain, hbf2gf/ Public Domain + BSD, scripts/ GPL),
dvipos (GPLv2+)
lacheck (GPL+),
seetexk (is under dvibook on CTAN; MIT and Copyright Only)
ttfdump (GPL)
contrib (unuseful in unix; GPL and Public Domain)
dvidvi, clarified license here (GPL+):
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/d/dvidvi/dvidvi_1.0-10/dvidvi.copyright
xdvipdfmx(GPL), in XeteX, latest seems to be in texlive
gsftopk is in CTAN but it isn't the same than in texlive
(changes in the main file), although it is the same latest
version. No ChangeLog. MIT.
http://math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/gsftopk.html points to CTAN
owindvi: xdvi launch script (?)
Projects from texlive/CTAN, but with license problem
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texlive: unclear license nts.pl
A script refers to context, GPL. Remaining right.
tetex: GPL, public domain, LPPL
context/texmfstart no license, on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Read_Me
it is said that default is GPL
e2pall can certainly be considered Public Domain:
# Author: Jody Klymak <jklymak at apl.washington.edu>, publisted by a posting
# to the pdftex mailinglist.
epstopdf unknown license
makeindexk (makeindex) is in CTAN/texlive
Classical license, and "All modified versions should be reported back to
the author." Said to be Public Domain in ACK, but it certainly means
free software.
dvips page, without interest. Latest is in texlive:
http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips.html
Only installed are afm2tfm (Public Domain), dvips and *.lpro.
License in dvips.h and hps/*:
* This is dvips, a freely redistributable PostScript driver
* for dvi files. It is (C) Copyright 1986-2004 by Tomas Rokicki.
* You may modify and use this program to your heart's content,
* so long as you send modifications to Tomas Rokicki. It can
* be included in any distribution, commercial or otherwise, so
* long as the banner string defined below is not modified (except
* for the version number) and this banner is printed on program
* invocation, or can be printed on program invocation with the -? option.
Some files are under the GPL.
unclear license in
tex.lpro
tex/*.tex
contrib/bbfig/bb.ps
contrib/pspic/pspic.sty
contrib/psfntmac/ps_*.tex
contrib/MakeTeXPK.pl
no sell:
contrib/timesmat.sty
from CTAN/texlive, unclear license for:
musixflx
ps2pkm
dtl
ttf2pk. Derived from afm2tfm (dvipsk) and gsftopkk
dviljk from CTAN/texlive. Based on dvi2xx
in dvi2xx.c
* Adapted for the PC: Gustaf Neumann
In README
dviljk is free software; Gustaf's original files are (I believe) public
domain. The files I wrote are covered by the GNU General Public License.
xdv2pdf from CTAN/texlive.
Common Public License, additions (which ones?) under LICENSE.txt BSD.
unknown license for SimplePSInterpreter.h, SimplePSInterpreter.m
bibtex8 is from CTAN/texlive: some is GPL,
** The original BibTeX was written by Oren Patashnik using Donald
** Knuth's WEB system. This format produces a PASCAL program for
** execution and a TeX documented version of the source code. This
** program started as a (manual) translation of the WEB source into C.
Here is bibtex license (same than TeX)
% Copying of this file is authorized only if (1) you are Oren Patashnik, or if
% (2) you make absolutely no changes to your copy. (The WEB system provides
% for alterations via an auxiliary file; the master file should stay intact.)
% See Appendix H of the WEB manual for hints on how to install this program.
However I have seen written that this restriction is only when the program
name isn't changed.
Separate projects
-----------------
afm2pl last version in texlive, but separate project
http://tex.aanhet.net/afm2pl/
GPL COPYING, based on afm2tfm, copyright without license.
chktex seems never installed, it is a distinct project.
detex latest version in texlive, but it is a separate
project. Unclear license.
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/trinkle/detex/
devnag latest version in texlive, but it is a separate
project. GPL+.
http://devnag.sarovar.org/
xdvik (xdvi)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdvi
read-mapfile.c (getpsinfo() in resident.c) tfmload.c stolen from dvips,
These file don't have a copyright notice, the include dvips.h
* This is dvips, a freely redistributable PostScript driver
* for dvi files. It is (C) Copyright 1986-2004 by Tomas Rokicki.
* You may modify and use this program to your heart's content,
* so long as you send modifications to Tomas Rokicki. It can
* be included in any distribution, commercial or otherwise, so
* long as the banner string defined below is not modified (except
* for the version number) and this banner is printed on program
* invocation, or can be printed on program invocation with the -? option.
Mostly MIT + GPL
ttf2pt1 latest version not in texlive
http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net/
see COPYRIGHT (BSD), and BSD-like
dvi2tty, old in texlive and non free license in texlive.
It is in fact free and it is visible in the latest versions:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424018
http://www.mesa.nl/pub/dvi2tty/
dvipdfm not latest in texlive. Is only for tex distributions,
but we qualify as a TeX distribution in that sense. GPLv2+
http://gaspra.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/
dvipdfmx last snapshot more recent, GPLv2+
http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/
dvipng latest in texlive, but it is a separate project:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng/
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