Re: DFSG and fonts

2001-04-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:15:38PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote: > Speaking of DFSG-free fonts, I hear there is a set of GPL'd TrueType > fonts in the OpenOffice distribution. (I also hear that their hinting > has problems due to the particular software they were created with, but > that's an aside

Re: DFSG and fonts

2001-04-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:15:38PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote: > Speaking of DFSG-free fonts, I hear there is a set of GPL'd TrueType > fonts in the OpenOffice distribution. (I also hear that their hinting > has problems due to the particular software they were created with, but > that's an aside

Re: DFSG and fonts

2001-04-04 Thread Stuart Ballard
Branden Robinson wrote: > > Underlying the DFSG is the notion that these are important values. Debian > does not insist that everyone else in the world share them, or prioritize > them as highly as we do. They are, however, very high priorities for our > Project. Speaking of DFSG-free fonts, I h

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:29:34 +0200, on Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello], Juliusz Chroboczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DS> what if X 5.0 only supports OpenType and BDF fonts, and Y&Y isn't > DS> interested in converting them? > > I realise that's no

Re: DFSG and fonts

2001-04-04 Thread Stuart Ballard
Branden Robinson wrote: > > Underlying the DFSG is the notion that these are important values. Debian > does not insist that everyone else in the world share them, or prioritize > them as highly as we do. They are, however, very high priorities for our > Project. Speaking of DFSG-free fonts, I

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:29:34 +0200, on Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello], Juliusz Chroboczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DS> what if X 5.0 only supports OpenType and BDF fonts, and Y&Y isn't > DS> interested in converting them? > > I realise that's n

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > What are they? They need serious bugs filed against them. > > > > > > e.g. doc-rfc ? > > > > The GNU General Public Licence itself may not be modified. I hope this > > doesn't mean ... > > Copyright licenses as legal documents may not be modified ex

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:37:12AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > > What are they? They need serious bugs filed against them. > > > > e.g. doc-rfc ? > > The GNU General Public Licence itself may not be modified. I hope this > doesn't mean ... Copyright licenses as legal documents may

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > What are they? They need serious bugs filed against them. > > > > > > e.g. doc-rfc ? > > > > The GNU General Public Licence itself may not be modified. I hope this > > doesn't mean ... > > Copyright licenses as legal documents may not be modified e

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > While the issues on unmodifiable non-software stuff in Debian are > > > not as clear-cut as Branden has made them out to be (I know of at > > > least a half dozen packages in main that are unmodifiable, that were > > > put there knowing that) > > > > What ar

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:37:12AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > > What are they? They need serious bugs filed against them. > > > > e.g. doc-rfc ? > > The GNU General Public Licence itself may not be modified. I hope this > doesn't mean ... Copyright licenses as legal documents may

Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

2001-04-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > While the issues on unmodifiable non-software stuff in Debian are > > > not as clear-cut as Branden has made them out to be (I know of at > > > least a half dozen packages in main that are unmodifiable, that were > > > put there knowing that) > > > > What a