[gnu.org #954922] Vague "licensing" for the symbola font.

[Donald R Robertson III via RT]

> address@hidden - Tue Nov 18 22:29:05 2014]:
> 
> (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

Just an update that I am in contact with the author, and we are working
on the issues. Thank you for your time.

> 
> 
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Sincerely,

Donald R. Robertson, III, J.D.
Copyright & Licensing Associate
Free Software Foundation
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