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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Various new fonts
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Alex Griffin |
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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Various new fonts |
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Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:27:57 -0600 |
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017, at 06:48 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> I think copying TTFs is not perfect, but I don’t think it contradicts
> the GNU FSDG. What part of the FSDG did you have in mind?
The first two paragraphs under "License Rules." It reads to me like
fonts should be treated identically to other software and be available
in source form. Which I guess doesn't exactly mean we need to build from
source, but when a user runs `guix build -S font-foo`, they may not get
the preferred format for making changes.
> I’m not sure which discussion you’re referring to, but I think
> long-term, we should encourage font packages that build from source.
> However, I would not refuse packages that copy TTF/OTF files today
> because the other packages are not up to that standard yet.
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> WDYT?
I would agree with that. I was referring to the discussion about Adobe
Source Code Pro, starting with Mark's message here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00727.html
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Alex Griffin