Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add ttf-symbola. [gnu.org #954922]

[Ian Denhardt]

(sending this to both the fsf and the guix-devel mailing list)

Quoting Ludovic Courtès (2014-11-16 16:09:33)
> Ian Denhardt <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > Quoting Ludovic Courtès (2014-11-13 15:15:37)
> >> Did you hear from them?
> >
> > Finally, yes. Here's the full response:
> 
> Great, thanks.
> 
> > Quoting Donald R Robertson III (2014-11-11 10:57:53)
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> The best course of action would be to contact the author to try and
> >> clear up these issues. As you can see from our license list
> >> <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Fonts>, however, there
> >> isn't a font license that we could really recommend that would cover the
> >> same ground as what the author has outlined. But we could work with him
> >> to try and get a better licensing situation. If you think it is worth
> >> pursuing, please let us know and we will contact them
> 
> It’s probably worth pursuing, although I can imagine they’d rather spend
> a reasonable effort on it.

Alright, I think we should contact him. My guess is he's not likely to
be very familiar with GNU/Linux or the Free Software community in
general (in addition to the licensing thing, the zip file contains
a .docx). I feel like if I draft a letter myself I'm likely to assume
too much knowledge.

Don, if the developers here agree, I'd appreciate it if you'd contact
the author, or perhaps draft a letter at least.

-Ian

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