Joe Drew wrote: > Because GNOME negotiated with Bitstream to make these fonts free, which > Bitstream is going to do. That is to say, GNOME's involvement is the > reason these fonts are free, not the other way around.
So, if I understand you correctly, you're saying in exchange for distributing the non-free fonts on GNOME's FTP site, Bitstream will ultimately release the fonts under a DFSG-free[1] license? If so, where did you get this information? [1] Looking at the press release (http://www.gnome.org/pr-bitstreamfonts.html) it seems the terms "Free Software" and "Open Source" are being used interchangeably even though it's not clear the new license will qualify as a Free Software license. The distribution clause in the draft license suggests trying to become DFSG-free and qualify as an Open Source license, so perhaps it is more accurate to describe Bitstream's desire as seeking compliance with the DFSG or OSD than software freedom. I was mistaken in talking about Bitstream's new font license as a Free Software license.
