From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] python-kivy and Adobe source-code-pro font Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:49:07 -0400 Message-ID: <87twesv1zg.fsf@netris.org> References: <20160805193516.18edfdd9@openmailbox.org> <87ziokv51w.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49467) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXZVG-0008C1-Gr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:49:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXZVA-0004mc-M0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:49:25 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:42417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXZVA-0004mW-HN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:49:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87ziokv51w.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:42:51 -0400") 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: Dylan Jeffers Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Mark H Weaver writes: >> + (description >> + "Source Code Pro is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed >> +to work well in user interface (UI) environments. In addition to a >> +functional OpenType font, this open source project provides all of the >> +source files that were used to build this OpenType font by using the >> +AFDKO makeotf tool.") > > The question of whether AFDKO is a free software project is unclear. > Even just downloading AFDKO from Adobe requires first accepting a EULA: > > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko.html > > There is a github project with some code in it, but it's not clear to me > whether it can be built and made functional without using non-free > development tools. See: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762252#25 > https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/afdko/issues/41 > > That said, this needn't be a blocker for including the built OTF files > in Guix, as long as the license permits all users to copy and > redistribute them for commercial and non-commercial purposes, as these > fonts are considered non-functional data. See: > > http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data And I meant, but forgot, to conclude this with: For now, please remove the second sentence of the 'description' field above, to avoid steering users toward AFDKO. Mark