mikew@wheeler.wrcr.unr.edu (Mike Whitbeck) (09/16/89)
HELP! I need amssmc40.300pk to print out pictex.dvi ! (is there another pictex.dvi manual out there that just uses the cm* fonts of LaTeX ?) I would prefer an FTP site (with internet address) if possible. Thanks in advance. ~ ___________________________________________________________ ~ |Mike Whitbeck | | ~ |Desert Research Inst. | mikew@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu | ~ |POB 60220 | | ~ |RENO, NV 89506 | 702-673-7348 | ~ |__________________________|______________________________| ~ Committee... a group of people doing the work of one person.
phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) (09/18/89)
In article <2974@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler.UUCP (Mike Whitbeck) writes: >HELP! I need amssmc40.300pk to print out pictex.dvi ! The contents of pictex.dvi are copyrighted and you almost certainly do not have the rights to reproduce that document. I would strongly recommend that you remove all copies of pictex.dvi that you have. The real printed copy of the PicTeX manual is available from the TeX Users Group as part of their "TeXniques" series: Number 6, "The PicTeX Manual". TUG's address is: TeX Users Group P.O. Box 9506 Providence RI, 02940 (USA) William LeFebvre Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University <phil@eecs.nwu.edu>
mikew@wheeler.wrcr.unr.edu (Mike Whitbeck) (09/19/89)
In article <1158@accuvax.nwu.edu> phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: |In article <2974@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler.UUCP (Mike Whitbeck) writes: |>HELP! I need amssmc40.300pk to print out pictex.dvi ! | |The contents of pictex.dvi are copyrighted and you almost certainly do |not have the rights to reproduce that document. I would strongly cool down Bill! The pictex.dvi came in an archived TeX distribution with a README stating that the instructions were distributed only as the dvi file. This implied to me that the dvi file was supposed to be there-- I have received other PD programs with the manuals sent in this fashion as it allows printing/viewing a manual but without the source file it can not be edited/altered/easily-plagarized. BTW perhaps it is intended that the manual is meant to be viewed as opposed to printed- nothing was said of this in the README file but the courts have been very indecisive regarding copyrighted computer material that exists/used in a manner that leaves no physical evidence (one federal court said that copyrighted computer material is NOT protected until and only when in the form of tangible material such as a printout). As far as copyrights go quite a bit of the PD software is copyrighted but still distributed for free use (TeX even!). |recommend that you remove all copies of pictex.dvi that you have. The I have received one other piece of mail suggesting this- all other mail told me how to make the missing font! IF THE AUTHOR CAN READ THIS I SUGGEST THAT HE CLARIFY WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS THIS DVI FILE OUT LOOSE IN THE WORLD. In the meanwhile, lacking the appropriate missing font, I do intend to order the manual from TUG or to delete both pictex.tex and pictex.dvi from my directory- I'm no pirate. |real printed copy of the PicTeX manual is available from the TeX Users $35 (see I did send off for the prices- even before posting my question! But don't ya gotta admit that given a dvi file as instructions in a distribution tar that ya JUST gotta see whats in the file?) |Group as part of their "TeXniques" series: Number 6, "The PicTeX |Manual". TUG's address is: | | TeX Users Group | P.O. Box 9506 | Providence RI, 02940 (USA) | | | | William LeFebvre | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Northwestern University | <phil@eecs.nwu.edu>
phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) (09/19/89)
In article <2979@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler.UUCP (Mike Whitbeck) writes: >In article <1158@accuvax.nwu.edu> phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: >|In article <2974@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler.UUCP (Mike Whitbeck) writes: >|>HELP! I need amssmc40.300pk to print out pictex.dvi ! >| >|The contents of pictex.dvi are copyrighted and you almost certainly do >|not have the rights to reproduce that document. I would strongly > >cool down Bill! Sorry if it came out too strong. I thought there was a font in the CM series that you could substitute, so after typing in that message I was going to add the information to the end. I thought it would have made an interesting counterpoint: "don't do it, but here's how to do it anyway." Unfortunately, I never found the font I was looking for and for some weird reason decided to send the message anyway. Isn't there a 40 point cmss font? I sure thought there was. >The pictex.dvi came in an archived TeX distribution with a >README stating that the instructions were distributed only as >the dvi file. One of the first distributions of PicTeX "accidentally" included the DVI file. It was quickly followed by a plea that everyone who had gotten copies of that tar file to please remove the dvi file. I know because we got such a distribution (via FTP) way back when.... I thought that the author's intent was to make the TeX source freely redistributable (thus any document using PicTeX could be easily reproduced at any site simply by obtaining a free copy of the TeX macros) but that the documentation would cost money. >This implied to me that the dvi file was supposed >to be there--... Yes, I admit it can be confusing. How recently did you get this copy (and from whom?)? >In the meanwhile, lacking the appropriate missing font, I do >intend to order the manual from TUG or to delete both pictex.tex >and pictex.dvi from my directory- I'm no pirate. In all honesty, it's probably not that big of a deal....... William LeFebvre Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University <phil@eecs.nwu.edu>