From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 32916@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32916: font-awesome v5 build scripts are not free
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:26:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zhvuk9hg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ftxmltaf.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:33:12 -0400")
Hello,
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:
> I agree that version 5 of font-awesome does not meet the requirements of
> the FSDG, which states:
>
> A free system distribution should be self-hosting. This means that
> you must be able to develop and build the system with tools that the
> system provides you. As a result, a free system distribution cannot
> include free software that can only be built by using nonfree
> software.
>
> Moreover, it is doubtful that it could even be considered free software,
> since it is not clear how users can effectively modify the font without
> access to its build system, which is both proprietary and secret.
>
> FWIW, the GNU GPL v3 definition of "corresponding source" includes the
> build system:
>
> The “Corresponding Source” for a work in object code form means all
> the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable
> work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to
> control those activities.
I don’t have a clear opinion on ‘font-awesome’ yet, but I have some
comments: (1) only some of our font packages are built from source
(though I think we should do more of that), (2) the font might be
considered “non-functional data” rather than software under the FSDG,
and (3) the font is a “free font” under a license (SIL OFL) that doesn’t
have a clear notion of corresponding source like GPLv3 has.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-03 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-02 19:13 bug#32916: font-awesome v5 build scripts are not free Leo Famulari
2018-10-03 9:27 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-10-03 19:33 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-10-03 21:26 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2018-10-04 0:28 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-10-04 9:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-02-26 0:32 ` Leo Famulari
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