On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:36:24AM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: > Is it worth trying to be stricter on that front? I think the me of ~5 years ago would probably have said yes... I would assume it would not be practical to act against well established font licenses like SIL OFL or Bitstream Vera, but maybe those could be reluctantly grandfathered in and newer licenses could be scrutinized more carefully? > > On Mar 22, 2017 10:34 AM, "Richard Fontana" <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:25:29AM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > > This would seem to be problematic: > > > > > > (3) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in > > > original or modified versions, may be sold by itself. > > > > That is a type of limitation, the most notorious historical example of > > which was in the SunRPC license. It *should* be problematic, and if > > this were a license for software hopefully we'd treat it as > > problematic. > > > > But there is a sort of unwritten principle in free software and open > > source that such restrictions are acceptable in font licenses. One > > completely unsatisfying attempt to justify this (which ought to apply > > to software licenses like SunRPC too), the 'Hello World' excuse, is > > found at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SILOFL > > > > The real reason why these things are tolerated in font licenses is > > pure (historical) unacknowledged expediency. Notice that a similar > > condition is in the Bitstream Vera license too. So be it. > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 March 2017 at 10:11, Randy Barlow <bowlofeggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > I am interested in packaging the Hack Font for Fedora, but I notice > > > > that it seems to have what may be a custom license: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack/blob/master/LICENSE.md > > > > > > > > Is this license acceptable for Fedora? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Stephen J Smoogen. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > > legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
