Re: [GNU-linux-libre] nonfsdg page and adobe cmap

[Matias A. Fonzo]

> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:11:33 +0200
> Henry Jensen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hello,

Hello,

>>
>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:20:44 +0200
>> Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > Karl Goetz wrote:
>> > > hi all,
>> > > nonfsdg lists the adobe cmap files files non-free. according to
>> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548195 , they
>> > > have been freed. should we update the page to mention that?
>> >
>> > I vote yes. Is this also true for older versions of the CMap files?
>> > Not very clear to me from reading the bug report.
>>
>> Objection. Not all CMap file are free as of the latest version 8.71,
>> see below. Accordingly this files are not part of GNU Ghostscript
>> (GNU Ghostscript 8.71.1 was released a few days ago).
>
> Does Ghostscript include cmap files as they are freed by adobe?
>

I don't think so -- or at least, the latest version of GNU Ghostscript
(8.71.1) does not contain an updated copyright notice.

>> Some files may be freed, but not all. So I see no reason remove the
>> issue from the list.
>
> It doesn't need to be removed, just updated to point out that its been
> freed (or a greater portion is freed), and that you may like to include
> the package after cleaning it.
>

Yes, it is a solution.

>> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.71/Resource/CMap$ grep "that the contents of
>> this file are not altered" * |cut -d: -f1 90ms-RKSJ-UCS2
>> 90pv-RKSJ-UCS2
>> 90pv-RKSJ-UCS2C
> (trim list)
> kk
>

Regards,
Matias