[Pkg-octave-devel] PS documentation file, no sources, author died

[hanke at volny.cz]

I'm not a lawyer, but:

1) It is clear that the author wished his work
to be distributed as freely as circumstances allow.

2) It is clear that GPL aims to allow for freedom
in manipulation with software. I don't think it
implies that should the only source become unavailable
due to higher circumstances (authors death),
it must stop being distributed. Actually I would argue
that this would actually go against the meaning
of GNU GPL.

So I think all can be fixed by an explanatory
text in the copyright notice which makes the
situation clear.

With regards,
Hynek Hanke