Re: [PATCH] python-kivy and Adobe source-code-pro font

[Mark H Weaver]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:

>> +    (description
>> +     "Source Code Pro is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed
>> +to work well in user interface (UI) environments.  In addition to a
>> +functional OpenType font, this open source project provides all of the
>> +source files that were used to build this OpenType font by using the
>> +AFDKO makeotf tool.")
>
> The question of whether AFDKO is a free software project is unclear.
> Even just downloading AFDKO from Adobe requires first accepting a EULA:
>
>   http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko.html
>
> There is a github project with some code in it, but it's not clear to me
> whether it can be built and made functional without using non-free
> development tools.  See:
>
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762252#25
>   https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/41
>
> That said, this needn't be a blocker for including the built OTF files
> in Guix, as long as the license permits all users to copy and
> redistribute them for commercial and non-commercial purposes, as these
> fonts are considered non-functional data.  See:
>
>   
> http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data

And I meant, but forgot, to conclude this with:

For now, please remove the second sentence of the 'description' field
above, to avoid steering users toward AFDKO.

      Mark