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You cannot just publish the PDF, they have checks that make sure that you didn't produce your PDF with LaTeX. There are probably ways to get around that, but wh
by auggierose 2y ago
You cannot just publish the PDF, they have checks that make sure that you didn't produce your PDF with LaTeX. There are probably ways to get around that, but why? Just use zenodo instead.
- evanb 2y agohttps://info.arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf.html https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf.html explains all the constraints on direct PDF publication. If you disagree with their good reasons https://info.arxiv.org/help/faq/whytex.html https://info.arxiv.org/help/faq/whytex.html to submit the TeX you might be granted an exception.
- auggierose 2y agoOr just publish on zenodo, without all that fuss. The reasons the ArXiv gives may be good from their point of view, but if you don’t care too much about that but have your own good reasons for not wanting to publish your source, then zenodo is a great and in many respects superior alternative, no questions asked.