From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Donald R Robertson III via RT" Subject: [gnu.org #954922] Vague "licensing" for the symbola font. Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:58:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87iojcdp53.fsf@gmail.com> <20141023062654.GB6636@debian> <8761farhzp.fsf@gmail.com> <20141024065236.7150.29212@vulcan.local.tld> <87vbmi6emu.fsf@gnu.org> <20141116192756.22656.57197@vulcan.local.tld> <87egt2df8y.fsf@gnu.org> <20141119032846.12950.88452@vulcan.local.tld> Reply-To: licensing@fsf.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36511) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y108g-0005Ss-Ke for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:58:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y108c-0002Zd-4N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:58:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, alezost@gmail.com > [ian@zenhack.net - 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 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 > > >> , 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. > > -- Sincerely, Donald R. Robertson, III, J.D. Copyright & Licensing Associate Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110, USA Phone +1-617-542-5942 Fax +1-617-542-2652 ---