RE: ICC profiles (was: Re: [pdf-devel] Any idea about solvingCMapproblem?)

[Leonard Rosenthol]

I believe you are misinterpreting the text, Hub.

It means that you can't add another profile to the collection AND STILL
call it the "Adobe Profile Collection" (or whatever).  You must also
include all of our profiles, not just some.

You can most certainly add additional profiles or other software
components, and call it "Hub's Profile Collection containing the Adobe
Profiles", but our collection must remain logically intact.

I don't see this as any different than a font developer saying that you
have to include all the various weights of the fonts.

I think you're looking for problems where none exist.  While we may not
use the same exact license text as "free software", we are certainly
trying to ensure that these profiles (and CMaps and ....) can be used in
that "market".

Leonard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hubert Figuiere [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:39 PM
To: Leonard Rosenthol
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: RE: ICC profiles (was: Re: [pdf-devel] Any idea about
solvingCMapproblem?)


On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 14:34 -0800, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> Maybe my English isn't working well tonight, but it reads to me that
> 
> ".. you may ... (b) repackage the RPM or Gzip versions of the Software
> for distribution purposes,"
> 
> Isn't that EXACTLY what you are asking for?  We are saying that you DO
> HAVE the ability to repackage the component in a form that is
> acceptable
> to your given distribution.

Oops, my bad, but....

> The only thing you can't do, which I hope you consider reasonable, is
to
> change the contents of our distribution ("but may not add, delete, or
> modify any components of the Software...").

That mean you can't merge the package with another. That means you can't
ship it as part of your application. That itself is NOT compatible with
the principles of Free Software.


Hub