From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Denhardt Subject: Fwd: [gnu.org #954922] Vague "licensing" for the symbola font. Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:20:41 -0500 Message-ID: <20150114212041.838.74861@rook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; boundary="===============5972924536092423628==" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57389) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVLv-0006I4-Fb for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:19:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVLs-0001na-85 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:19:47 -0500 Received: from zenhack.net ([198.7.57.215]:24213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBVLs-0001nP-3j for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:19:44 -0500 Received: from zenhack.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zenhack.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t0ELJb06095037 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:19:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ian@zenhack.net) Content-Disposition: inline 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 To: guix-devel@gnu.org --===============5972924536092423628== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Latest word on the Symbola font from the FSF: Forwarded message from Donald R Robertson III via RT (2015-01-14 11:15:14): > Hello again, > = > Unfortunately the discussion with the author has broken down. They will > not change the license, as they do not believe in licensing. This > legally puts us in a bad spot. While it is unlikely that they are > looking to sue us, the due diligence required here puts a strain our our > limited legal counsel resources. So the question becomes: how critical > are these files, and would we be better off simply not distributing them? = > -- = > 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 > = > --- > = >=20 --===============5972924536092423628== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: signature Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"; charset="us-ascii" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCAAGBQJUtt2pAAoJEPZUuMfUyjy4pPYP/RUNLZKksTN8rFdVpP+CdxlV yKyyqN8Jn3jxR9AmHdv4uJoR5lKQ2xZkjkSaQQ991j10w+9GwaIWynM5/q5ER2pE YTnDvA+gV0ani2wmB7GLoUZ9vtX2JrY4mrB3ma8cvsRcw74wWzFsSxV3P1mcTfui vvXvoYdqLGkNad8coDfX9bseq5Y1u4Z+Y5KkQR6o03/lsav0mZRe2OFLObgTMx5i eaEoUGz79B6JLhRm5++yAC6rScgBY+fuD6gpckWnpl1/jdOOiZ8VGeo6SrNDWFH5 FijB4Px8AdXoq/jrtd0QCpkJnHHC71ICftXADXvj6vB384wvHVqZNws42atvTCRT ilNWsyU35NVCknpi0cIbIJOeh5Q2xtqXjJxEH0FX+SCf5nv7+VXOun7O4UmeX50q fN9ie3+luPhpBLMrBSi+z4O+KXmh28YMkyFX5OCKq0Am1XizQsiI46hOW+b/kbZh 5/5VmDisFZQHMTEyjHkuoUqpscxqWztAgvD8/hUsiPyPoTvfL3sHUURXw/6yEgmP n+pWBRr0xwW67gGx5fsEeLPEOkMAigMHrVZ8MXoBpougLFqlgIHXlriPu9fgC29a t7q6HfU2p0OtcbmnFypP+hVaRQND/+R7vuCfbnbAtYWHQSN9llxqv5v9pKPpBvBw RHcG2IrtfITJWH4SFXcE =0kjC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --===============5972924536092423628==--