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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add font-ubuntu
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add font-ubuntu |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:07:11 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:
> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>> Eric Dvorsak <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> * gnu/packages/fonts/scm (font-ubuntu): New variable.
>
> That last "/" should have been a ".". Oh well.
Oops. my bad.
>> I changed the license URL to
>> http://font.ubuntu.com/ufl/ubuntu-font-licence-1.0.txt and applied it.
>> Thank you!
>
> The patch labelled this license as 'non-copyleft', but I'm not sure
> that's right. It includes this text:
>
> 4) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
> must be distributed entirely under this licence, and must not be
> distributed under any other licence. [...]
>
> So this ensures that additional restrictions cannot be added later, like
> a copyleft license.
Good point.
> I'm not entirely sure it's a free software license as indicated by
> 'fsf-free' either,
Why?
> but that's okay because fonts qualify as non-functional data. It
> might be that we don't yet have anything in (guix licenses) that
> applies here. Maybe we need another license-producing procedure for
> non-functional works that satify the FSDG requirements?
Right, that’s something we could do in this case. I’d be surprised if
this one were not considered FSF-free though?
Thank you,
Ludo’.