From: Jozef M. <mis...@ho...> - 2010-05-04 05:24:44
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On Mon, 03 May 2010 23:15:45 +0200, Michal Hocko <ms...@gm...> wrote: > On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 09:06:49PM +0200, Jozef Misutka wrote: >> On Sun, 02 May 2010 16:45:59 +0200, Martin Pet??????ek >> <ma...@pe...> wrote: >> >> >>What do you guys think? I would go for 0.4.4.2. >> > >> >Ok, we can make a new release, though when I looked in CVS, I found out >> >several .PFB files in projects/libs and also freetype221_D.lib >> > >> >the .pfb files seem to be commited with comment: >> >default fonts for win32 >> >> >> > >> >the .lib is committed with comment: >> >default debug freetype library added (it can be difficult to obtain it) >> >used in beta products (all win32 stuff :) >> > >> >Question is - what are these .pfb files and why are they needed in >> >projects/libs ? Should we (and can we) redistribute them along >> >with pdfedit? >> >> i do not know where this file are originally from, I took them from >> pocketxpdf; however, when you google for them you see they are used >> in red hat etc. > > OK, this seems to be fixed now. Thanks! > Could you sort out laso the freetype221_D.lib? If it is really GPL > library then we have to provide a way how to get to the sources. We > have basically 3 options: > - provide the URL to the sources into readme already there > - remove library and provide a howto get it from the web > - import sources > > I guess that the first choice is the easiest one. > >> >Also, the freetype221_D.lib seems to be win32 binary - why is it >> >in CVS and >> >where are sources for it? I think distributing this without proper >> >sources, >> >or at least link to proper sources could be GPL violation. Do we >> >want it in >> >the release, or should we distribute it separately in some >> >"win32-precompiled-libraries" package? >> > >> >I think, once we solve these files, we can make a new release. >> > >> >> we are speaking about making a proper linux release, so this should >> not be of any concern to you/us. >> >> regarding win32: common usage of a library (.lib) requires a header >> file. in our case we do not redistribute the header and we "link" to >> it by mentioning freetype library which is GPL. >> >> >> /jozef >> >> >Martin Petricek >> > >> >> >> -- >> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |