From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add cool-retro-term. Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:59:29 -0700 Message-ID: <87a86x393i.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20170423135526.5ed9d143@mykolab.ch> <87inlvhr0y.fsf@gmail.com> <20170423231207.4adb15e7@mykolab.ch> <87vapuwvj0.fsf@gmail.com> <20170424143026.53563696@mykolab.ch> <20170425223627.47d5a3fc@centurylink.net> <20170426200933.45340e03@mykolab.ch> <20170427204754.10212a01@centurylink.net> <20170428141037.6a4038f6@mykolab.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39866) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vwS-00048x-B9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:59:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vwO-000736-Ew for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:59:40 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-x244.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::244]:36064) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vwO-00072v-7M for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:59:36 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-x244.google.com with SMTP id v1so13558651pgv.3 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:59:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170428141037.6a4038f6@mykolab.ch> (petter@mykolab.ch's message of "Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:10:37 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Petter Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Petter writes: > What do we do about the fonts without licensing info? Unfortunately, "no license" is not a free license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#NoLicense "If source code does not carry a license to give users the four essential freedoms, then unless it has been explicitly and validly placed in the public domain, it is not free software." The FSDG states: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html "License Rules 'Information for practical use' includes software, documentation, fonts, and other data that has direct functional applications. It does not include artistic works that have an aesthetic (rather than functional) purpose, or statements of opinion or judgment. All information for practical use in a free distribution must be available in source form. ('Source' means the form of the information that is preferred for making changes to it.) The information, and the source, must be provided under an appropriate free license. We evaluate specific licenses and list our determinations in our license list, with separate sections for licenses that are suitable for software, documentation, fonts, and other useful works. If such a work is released under a disjunction of licenses, the work is free as long as at least one of its licenses is free; the system developers should follow the terms of the applicable free license(s) when they distribute and/or modify it." The same page also has a section on fonts: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#Fonts "The licenses below apply to an instantiation of a design in a computer file, not the artistic design. As far as we know, an implementation of a design is always copyrightable. The legal status of the artistic design is complex, and varies by jurisdiction." To ensure that this contribution meets these guidelines and respects the freedom of the system's users, I think we cannot include a font for which we cannot find an associated license. If we can find a license for the font and it is a free license, then we could include it. =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAlkGUDEACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp0XaQ//WYNCaU203yncYrkpspQYxHsKHbD/pJPdY1BQUYNlIMyv4e7Sm2b23CZY mYekNG64rAxmAJ1g7AB8ShX9CuxRgmwwvtC2mTUwVQmQIOVse1bkVWwpSktxulFN RtJ8tA9z+/XXFILHStpyL/AF7eG/IPLBEqxHL0UwL3FSJ6fu7jLeLYVmH/gBZqkN xq8UTazk0x0KT8xNckAL3ou3nS+5gS42odInqR1b1rj/uVNMXOYOsTNMyllo8xZe RaQTKqq+MjmIQV0gauQy19QlSnImTK/t5ppAXVJB8/qyx0G/XEQUnJwsl2iRSoT7 LvlHtOay96PLYcaHXX8Dx26gKEk4XgM3Swm5+7pI4nZbpZ0gnaKRXqS5Ae0AqKw8 0S7LAlBt+QIVpSl2XUMppXR1GO21bw3SQaHF+iPx9vtl9uhpvxmEPE4gyrYO53hB oBwMJgVLd0fHfZLhdTInR6Bng9DSnC/WP2elzCCef+rOQ2CWsNLAcekVqKsa27He jLZUDczcWfN4+3UrkhyE7ttSxWyKGomJSeFdm7quEjg3ojqXjHumqsPWwtLkF75R eAgppBsKyDY9au3/QuK52jaM9YKNCMaq3DhKl/jYRUFgpdhINGGWTSlCNljm64Im EEGKEs6W11dYRjElu0yqR7mXvTZEarbzM9eojgUJYRsCS6eJLAM= =BBMm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--