[tex-live] pdfa-1b.xmp (licence)
Rainer Schöpf
rainer.schoepf at proteosys.com
Sun May 3 12:30:43 CEST 2009
On Sat, 2 May 2009 at 23:17 +0100, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > The licence of the file
> >
> > texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfx/pdfa-1b.xmp
> >
> > seems to me problematic.
>
> er ... um ... slightly. probably shouldn't be on ctan, even.
>
> i *hate* authors who send us stuff, which later turns out to be licensed
> in this sort of way. (the most recent was an indic language thing,
> which on examination -- while i was working on the catalogue -- proved
> to be restricted to the univ of washington. it had been on ctan for
> years.)
>
> my instinct is to withdraw the whole package from ctan, and announce
> our reasons for so doing. however, i shall await other people's
> opinions.
Either remove it completely or remove only that particular file.
Rainer
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