Hi,

>> LICENSE is also missing the license for the trykker font and may be missing 
>> other things.
> 
> Good catch as that file was in the .rat-excludes. This font is Class B and 
> should not be included. Heron will need to find another Serif Font.
> 
> https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web


I think inclusion of fonts under the OFL may be a little more nuanced than 
that. Generally you can’t include compiled code in a source release, a binary 
font file may not be considered code and is unlikely to be modified, so it may 
be possible to include this in a source release. Perhaps best to ask on 
legal-discuss?

I know of several projects who do include OFL licensed fonts. A quick search 
shows  Atlas, Brooklyn, Cordova, ECharts, Falcon, Flex, Flink, Geode, Hivemall, 
Jena, MyFaces, ShardingSphere, Solr, Superset, Syncope, Taz, Usergrid, Wicket, 
Yetus, Zepplin and others mentioning it in their LICENSE file. I’ve not checked 
if it in their source release but do know that it is the case for some of these 
projects. Also possibly OFBiz.

I recall this being discussed but can’t find the discussion and legal JIRAs 
don’t seem much help other than to say its category B. [1][2]

But replacing it with a font under with a category A license is also an option.

Thanks,
Justin

1. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-380
2. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-112
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