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Prevent from using fonts covered by Ubuntu Font License #12

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medicalwei opened this issue Dec 22, 2018 · 3 comments
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Prevent from using fonts covered by Ubuntu Font License #12

medicalwei opened this issue Dec 22, 2018 · 3 comments

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@medicalwei
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medicalwei commented Dec 22, 2018

Sorry for the license issue here. During packaging ufoLib2 into Debian, we have to strip out Ubuntu font used in the test cases. It is considered not a free software license in Debian (not DFSG-free) since it has issues about naming restrictions. (Forcing derivative works to use "Ubuntu derivative X" on font name, instead of prevent from using designated name like Reserved Font Name in SIL OFL, where latter is allowed in DFSG to prevent trademark issues.)

Could you replace test case ufo to those covered by SIL OFL or other fonts which is considered by most organizations as a FOSS license, unless Ubuntu font is related in a test case?

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https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-fonts-devel/2011-April/006515.html

@medicalwei medicalwei changed the title DFSG freeness and Ubuntu Font License Prevent from using fonts covered by Ubuntu Font License Dec 22, 2018
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madig commented Dec 22, 2018

Ugh. I can put this on my todo list somewhere. Do you package source packages and run the test suite?

@medicalwei
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medicalwei commented Dec 22, 2018

Yes, I am one of the packagers, and we do run test suite when available.

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i don't think we need this specific ubuntu font for testing. we will just replace it with noto sans or similar.

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