From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net>
To: Petter <petter@mykolab.ch>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add cool-retro-term.
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:47:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170427204754.10212a01@centurylink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170426200933.45340e03@mykolab.ch>
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:09:33 +0200
Petter <petter@mykolab.ch> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:36:27 -0500
> Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net> wrote:
>
> > Could you ping the developer about porting some of these fixes to their
> > fork? I think we'd want to create a local patch for at least the first
> > commit. The others could wait for a new release.
>
> Sure, I'll do that!
Thanks!
>
> > > + (inputs
> > > + `(("qt" ,qt)))
> >
> > Does this package need all of qt, or could we use the component
> > packages instead?
>
> I don't know. I'll do some experiments and see.
OK, great.
> > > + (description
> > > + "Cool-retro-term (crt) is a terminal emulator which mimics the
> > > look and +feel of the old cathode ray tube (CRT) screens. It has been
> > > designed to be +eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.")
> > > + (home-page "https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term")
> > > + (license (list license:gpl2 license:gpl3)))))
> >
> > The license seems unclear: 1) there is both a gpl-2.txt and gpl-3.txt
> > in $topsrcdir, but no mention of which actually applies in any of the
> > source files, 2) $topsrcdir/packaging/debian/copyright claims GPL-3,
> > while 4) $topsrcdir/packaging/rpm/cool-retro-term.spec and
> > $topsrcdir/packaging/appdata/cool-retro-term.appdata.xml both claim
> > GPL-3.0+, and 5) the qmltermwidget component appears to be under
> > gpl2+. IANAL but this suggests license:gpl2+ to me. Does that seem
> > right?
>
> I can't answer this, hopefully someone else will chime in.
I did a little more looking: The sources in app/qml seem to have
license headers marked as GPLv3+, so we can mark it as such.
>
> > It would not hurt to also list the SIL license, for
> > $topsrcdir/app/qml/fonts/modern-hermit, and the X11 license for
> > fonts/modern-pro-font-win-tweaked and fonts/modern-proggy-tiny.
> >
> > The fonts/modern-envy-code-r font probably needs to be stripped; it's
> > license is non-free; from 'Read Me.txt':
> >
> > "Free to use but redistribution prohibited."
> >
> > and the fonts/1977-apple2, fonts/1977-commodore-pet, probably also needs
> > to be stripped as non-free; from 'FreeLicense.txt':
> >
> > "1. The User may not sell copies of the Software for a fee."
> >
> > The fonts/1979-atari-400-800 font seems to be non-free license, which is
> > not mentioned in the 'ReadMe.rtf' but only on the WayBack Machine at
> > https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20080907111008/http://www2.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/fonts.html :
> >
> > "These fonts are freeware and may not be offered for sale seperately
> > or as part of a collection."
> >
> > The fonts/1982-commodore64 font is licensed under non-free terms; see
> > fonts/1982-commodore64/license.txt
> >
> > The only mention of a license for fonts/1985-ibm-pc-vga is at
> > http://www.dafont.com/font-comment.php?file=perfect_dos_vga_437 where
> > the author says "The license is this: this font is free to use in
> > whatever you want.", but that probably "doesn't count".
> >
> > I could not find license info for a few of the other fonts.
> >
> > OTOH I recall a discussion on IRC recently about fonts embedded in
> > packages being treated as non-functional data, and thus OK from a FSDG
> > perspective. But I would want verification on that.
>
> Let's see if someone can shine some light on this.
>
Leo pointed me at https://bugs.gnu.org/26588 which references
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data .
I think many of these fonts would need to be stripped out or
substituted because their license prohibits commercial/non-commercial
redistribution.
`~Eric
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-28 1:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-23 11:55 [PATCH] gnu: Add cool-retro-term Petter
2017-04-23 19:18 ` Chris Marusich
2017-04-23 21:12 ` Petter
2017-04-23 23:31 ` Chris Marusich
2017-04-24 12:30 ` Petter
2017-04-26 3:36 ` Eric Bavier
2017-04-26 18:09 ` Petter
2017-04-28 1:47 ` Eric Bavier [this message]
2017-04-28 12:10 ` Petter
2017-04-30 20:59 ` Chris Marusich
2017-05-03 11:38 ` Petter
2017-05-02 13:51 ` Eric Bavier
2017-05-03 12:37 ` Petter
2017-05-05 3:03 ` Eric Bavier
2017-05-05 22:58 ` Petter
2017-05-08 9:39 ` Efraim Flashner
2017-04-30 20:47 ` Chris Marusich
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