2 mar 2025, 21:09, y...@debian.org wrote: > On 3/2/25 14:30, Raul G wrote: > >> Hello debian-legal team, >> >> This is my first time contributing to Debian, so I apologize in advance if I >> make any mistakes (and I appreciate any corrections). >> >> I am working on creating a Debian package that includes a collection of >> fonts from different creators. These fonts are necessary for contributors to >> properly display and edit the text in various languages for the FOSS >> webcomic /Pepper&Carrot/. >> >> Following my mentor’s advice, I am reaching out to request guidance on how >> to package fonts with different licenses within a single Debian package. >> Additionally, I would like to ensure there are no licensing conflicts that >> could prevent the package from being accepted into Debian. >> >> The relevant licenses can be found here: >> https://framagit.org/peppercarrot/fonts/-/tree/master/.licenses? >> ref_type=heads <https://framagit.org/peppercarrot/fonts/-/tree/ >> master/.licenses?ref_type=heads> >> >> I appreciate your time and assistance. >> >> Best regards, >> Raúl García >> > > Hi, > > you can insert more than one license into debian/copyright file, so no > problem to have files with different licenses: > > > Files: * > Copyright: 2025 Me > License: Expat > > Files: sub-directory/* > Copyright: 2025 U > License: LGPL-3 > > License: Expat > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > copy of this software and associated documentation files (the > "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including > without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, > distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to > permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to > the following conditions: > . > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included > in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > . > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS > OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF > MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. > IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY > CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, > TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE > SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. > > License: LGPL-3 > This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as > published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3. > . > On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU Lesser General Public > License version 3 can be found in the file > `/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-3'. >
Hello, Thank you very much for your guidance. I have drafted the debian/copyright file, using the libreoffice package as a reference. I would appreciate it if you could review it and let me know whether it is correctly formatted and compliant. I have a few questions: 1. You mentioned the Expat license—was this intended as a placeholder, or should my package actually use the MIT Expat license? 2. To avoid repetition, I have grouped fonts by license type in the debian/copyright file. In the copyright field, I have listed multiple authors and referenced each font’s .COPYRIGHT file, which is included alongside the font. Is this approach correct? 3. My current draft places both OTF and TTF fonts in the same directory. Should they be separated, or is it acceptable to keep them together? 4. Where should I include the license headers? I am debating between adding a single header at the beginning of the package (after License: Expat) or including multiple headers for the different licenses. Also, where can I find the appropriate headers? I really appreciate your time and assistance. Thank you. Best regards, Raúl García --- Files: * Copyright: 2025 Me License: Expat Files: debian/Latin/* \ debian/Arabic/Mikhak* \ debian/Bengali/lohit_bn.ttf \ debian/Chinese\ Simplified/XiaolaiSC-Regular.ttf \ debian/Chinese\ Simplified/Yozai-Bold.ttf \ debian/Cyrillic/Lobster-Regular.ttf \ debian/Farsi/Mikhak* \ debian/Greek/Pecita.otf \ debian/Hebrew/GveretLevinAlefAlefAlef-Regular.ttf \ debian/Malayalam/Chilanka-Regular.ttf \ debian/Sinhalese/NotoSansSinhala* \ debian/Tamil/Coiny-Regular.ttf \ debian/Tamil/Kavivanar-Regular.ttf \ debian/sitelen\ pona/linja-sike4.2.otf Copyright: Various authors (see individual font copyright files) License: OFL-1.1 License file: debian/.licenses/OFL11 Files: debian/Chinese\ Simplified/wqy-microhei.ttc \ debian/Malayalam/Suruma.ttf Copyright: Various authors (see individual font copyright files) License: GPL-3 Files: debian/Arabic/DroidKufi-Regular.ttf Copyright: Various authors (see individual font copyright files) License: Apache-2.0 License: GPL-3 On Debian systems the full text of the Apache-2.0 license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3. License: Apache-2.0 On Debian systems the full text of the Apache-2.0 license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0. ---
