Re: SMuFL Bravura

[David Wright]

On Mon 01 Apr 2019 at 09:16:24 (+0200), David Kastrup wrote:
> David Wright <address@hidden> writes:
> > On Mon 01 Apr 2019 at 11:37:42 (+1100), Andrew Bernard wrote:
> >> Hi Valentin,
> >> 
> >> Thanks so much. Now to learn Metafont then. Shouldn't be too hard - I have
> >> been a programmer for more than forty years. [Despite that, I still cannot
> >> come to grips with the lilypond source, and all my lilypond questions all
> >> appear to be from a beginner. :-) ]
> >> 
> >> The immediate task is to add various violin string mute symbols. But it
> >> sounds like this is going to be a useful skill to have.
> >
> > Don't miss the book at [deleted]
> 
> The METAFONT book is copyrighted, and distribution of the PDF certainly
> is a violation of the copying permissions for its source code which has
> been made available for educational permissions with the following
> notice/code at the start:

I hadn't realised that this book hadn't been made available under the
GFDL, like a fair number of books of this vintage. I was also fooled
(appropriate date) by the site. CTEX ≢ CTAN.

> % This manual is copyright (C) 1986 by the American Mathematical Society.
> % All rights are reserved!
> % The file is distributed only for people to see its examples of TeX input,
> % not for use in the preparation of books like The METAFONTbook.
> % Permission for any other use of this file must be obtained in writing
> % from the copyright holder and also from the publisher (Addison-Wesley).
> \let\MFmanual=\!
> \loop\iftrue
>   \errmessage{This manual is copyrighted and should not be TeXed}\repeat
> 
> I don't think you are doing people a favor by pointing them to PDF files
> created in defiance of the license, discouraging the publisher from
> being similarly helpful in future.

I hadn't read the source code itself from CTAN.

Cheers,
David.