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

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2015-01-17 19:28 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès (2015-01-16 23:37 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ian Denhardt <ian@zenhack.net> skribis:
>>>>
>>>>> Latest word on the Symbola font from the FSF:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Ian for the update.
>>>>
>>>> I forgot the details, but IIRC Alex Kost was the initial submitter.
>>>> What can be done here?
>>>
>>> Yes it was me, so if I understand correctly, Symbola font should not
>>> appear in the distribution (because of the license problem), right?
>>
>> Does the license problem applies to all the files or just some?
>>
>> If it makes sense, we could simply remove the offending files.
>
> IIUC it applies to all the files.  Quotation from
> <http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/>:
>
> In lieu of a licence
>
> Fonts and documents in this site are not pieces of property or merchandise items; they carry no trademark, copyright, license or other market tags; they are offered free for any use.

OK, so despite the authors intent, we can’t really use them.

Thanks,
Ludo’.