From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Fwd: [gnu.org #954922] Vague "licensing" for the symbola font. Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:23:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87twzocgmz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20150114212041.838.74861@rook> <87k30mjwbl.fsf@gnu.org> <87wq4l4gq2.fsf@gmail.com> <87bnlxfk1h.fsf@gnu.org> <87zj9gdw2p.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49539) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YCqkr-0004V3-Nx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:23:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YCqko-0000I8-Hh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:23:05 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:44884) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YCqko-0000HI-Aj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:23:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87zj9gdw2p.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:04:14 +0300") 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: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Kost skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-01-17 19:28 +0300) wrote: > >> Alex Kost skribis: >> >>> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-01-16 23:37 +0300) wrote: >>> >>>> Ian Denhardt 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 > : > > In lieu of a licence > > Fonts and documents in this site are not pieces of property or merchandis= e 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=E2=80=99t really use them. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.