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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] python-kivy and Adobe source-code-pro font
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:05:03 -0400
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Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016, at 01:42 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> 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:
>>=20
>>   http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#no=
n-functional-data
>
> Are you sure about that? By my reading, that document explicitly
> categorizes fonts as functional works by that document:
>
>> =E2=80=9CInformation for practical use=E2=80=9D includes software, docum=
entation, fonts,
>> and other data that has direct functional applications. It does not incl=
ude
>> artistic works that have an aesthetic (rather than functional) purpose,
>> or statements of opinion or judgment.

You're right, I stand corrected.  This will require more investigation.

    Thanks,
      Mark