On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 09:11:10AM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2006, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > The font libphp-phplot-4.4.6+5.0rc1.orig/examples/benjamingothic.ttf > > > (Benjamin Gothic Regular) does not mention the author's name nor its > > > licensing terms. All it has is the string "FREEWARE", which needs > > > clarification because it usually means "free for non-commercial use", > > > and does not allow modification. > > Are you asserting that you know the origin of this font, and know that the > > copyright holder is not the same as that for the rest of the package? > > Otherwise, how do we know that this is a bug at all? > The document at http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/osteuropa1.pdf > indicates that "Benjamin Gothic Regular" is actually a counterfeit Adobe > Benguiat Gothic created in 1994 by the company "Mon Ami". The company > since went out of business following the assassination of its leader. Er... doesn't this document also claim that Arial is a counterfeit Helvetica font? If I'm reading this correctly, it doesn't appear to be a very credible claim that there's anything wrong with the Mon Ami fonts either... It would seem to establish at least a copyright /trail/, that should be addressed in debian/copyright, but still does not yet demonstrate a DFSG violation. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
