Le mardi 30 août 2005 à 13:23 +0100, Simos Xenitellis a écrit : > >Sorry, but this is highly non-free : > > > >3. The Font Software may not be modified or altered in any way, except > >that: (a) the Fonts may be converted from one format to another (e.g., > >from TrueType to Postscript), in which case the normal and reasonable > >distortion that occurs during such conversion shall be permitted; and > >(b) additional glyphs or characters may be added to the Fonts, so long > >as the base set of glyphs is not modified or removed. > > > > > But if you read the next paragraph, it says: > > 4. If the Fonts are augmented pursuant to Section 3(b), the name used to > denote the resulting fonts set shall not include the term “STIX” or any > similar term, and any distribution or sale of the resulting fonts set > must be free of charge unless the work is distributed or sold as part of > a larger software package. > > The people behind StixFonts appear to be quite nice to adapt their > license so that it can be used in free software, so my worry is to > notice now any license issues now, rather than latter. > If they publish the fonts and we find an issue with the license then, we > effectively would have shot ourselves in the foot.
As it is, the license is clearly non-free. It could become free if, for example, they let the right to modify existing glyphs if references to "stix" are removed. > I filed this issue under fontconfig because I have no clue where to > contact in the Debian structure about this. > > It would be awesome if Debian could have a look at > > http://www.stixfonts.org/user_license.html and make a statement similar to > one of the following: > a. We checked the draft license and if it stays as is, the fonts are properly > free. > b. We checked the draft license and it's not free, but if you change this to > that, it's properly free. This is exactly why I added debian-legal as a CC, but you removed it in your reply. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
