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> On Dec 8, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>
> 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 don’t consider an SVG based font to be strictly binary. It’s very opaque
source. You can certainly derive metrics easily.
Sure it’s probably worth describing if there is a way to include these in
Source releases. Maybe the OFL 1.1 is more acceptable.
>
> 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]
Let’s ask again on legal-discuss@
>
> 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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