> The fonts are under the GPL {mainly/also?} because they borrow the latin
> glyphs from GPL-ed fonts (the URW fonts).
>
> XFree may have problems with such a license, but linux distros certainly
> won't. (Also note that there is no legal issue with including GPL-ed files
> in a MIT-licensed packages. It just complicates their LICENSE file)Indeed, in their present form fonts must be distributed under GPL. Though in case I need some other license for bitmap fonts, there exist latin bitmap fonts under far less restrictive licenses. As far as I know, X team declines GPL software as a general policy. Maxim. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
