Den 2014-12-11 05:08, Paul Allen Newell skrev: > > On 12/10/2014 08:02 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:49:55 -0800 Paul Allen Newell >> <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On 12/10/2014 04:07 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:55:10 -0500 Matthew Miller >>>> <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 05:51:59PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>>>>>>> It would be good if someone who could pick it up w/o the issues >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> Fedora had would do it -- pdftk was a good package and will be >>>>>>>> missed. Given that Fedora isn't going to continue, I understand it >>>>>>>> is a bit useless to make the comment here. But hopefully senior >>>>>>>> folk >>>>>>>> in Fedora can give a push for pdftk to be "somewhere" within the >>>>>>>> Linux world that Fedora users can pick up (and also Centos). >>>>>>> We'd love to have it in Fedora. The itext5 author is really the >>>>>>> person >>>>>>> to talk to here. >>>>>> Who would that be? Can this go to RPMfusion? >>>>> That's up to the RPMfusion people. But really, that's a lot less >>>>> ideal than having the software licensed in a truly open way so >>>>> everyone >>>>> can benefit. >>>> Completely agree with this sentiment! But we can not do much here, I >>>> guess, except hope! >>>> >>>> Ranjan >>>> >>>> >>> Okay, I will hope (and in a positive manner as opposed to sarcastic) ... >>> but part of that will be in the spirit of my original use of the word >>> "hopeful" that someone with a "voice that matters" can give a push to >>> either itext5 author or rpmfusion group that it would be a good thing. >>> >>> Thanks for giving this thread a "let's hope" flavor rather than a "ain't >>> gonna happen so forget it" brick wall >> Well, yes it is a fond hope because as I said, it is a fond hope. But >> I can't make it happen because I do not know the issues that this >> entails. >> >> Ranjan >> > > I probably know less of the issues involved and understand that I am > walking a fine line to avoid sounding like a Pollyanna > >>> Paul Well, if you look at ITEXT website the software license is AGPL for itext5, (see http://itextpdf.com/agpl), which is "Software Licenses that are OK for Fedora", (see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing). So it should be OK to use in Fedora or am I missing something? -- Regards Jon Ingason -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
