[gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[Maxim Koltsov]

Hi,
We had Paratype fonts in tree for some time (media-fonts/paratype)
with OFL license. Recently they added bold font variant to PTMono font
with their own license [1], but OFL font tarball was left unchanged.
We tried to reach upstream with this question, but as for now no
answer was got.
So the question is: can Paratype FreeFont license be added to tree as
/usr/portage/licenses/paratype?

[1] http://www.paratype.com/public/pt_openlicense_eng.asp

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012, Maxim Koltsov wrote:

> We had Paratype fonts in tree for some time (media-fonts/paratype)
> with OFL license. Recently they added bold font variant to PTMono font
> with their own license [1], but OFL font tarball was left unchanged.
> We tried to reach upstream with this question, but as for now no
> answer was got.

> So the question is: can Paratype FreeFont license be added to tree as
> /usr/portage/licenses/paratype?

I don't see any reason why it couldn't.

It looks like a simplified version of the OFL license, so it could
even be included in @MISC-FREE in profiles/license_groups.

Ulrich

> [1] http://www.paratype.com/public/pt_openlicense_eng.asp

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[Maxim Koltsov]

25 апреля 2012 г. 9:53 пользователь Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> написал:
>>>>>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012, Maxim Koltsov wrote:
>
>> We had Paratype fonts in tree for some time (media-fonts/paratype)
>> with OFL license. Recently they added bold font variant to PTMono font
>> with their own license [1], but OFL font tarball was left unchanged.
>> We tried to reach upstream with this question, but as for now no
>> answer was got.
>
>> So the question is: can Paratype FreeFont license be added to tree as
>> /usr/portage/licenses/paratype?
>
> I don't see any reason why it couldn't.
>
> It looks like a simplified version of the OFL license, so it could
> even be included in @MISC-FREE in profiles/license_groups.
>
> Ulrich

So, just to clairfy. I create file 'paratype' in gentoo-x86/licenses,
paste there text of license and then commit? and who adds it to
license_groups?

>> [1] http://www.paratype.com/public/pt_openlicense_eng.asp
>



-- 
Regards, Maxim.

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Maxim Koltsov wrote:

>>> So the question is: can Paratype FreeFont license be added to tree
>>> as /usr/portage/licenses/paratype?
>> 
>> I don't see any reason why it couldn't.
>> 
>> It looks like a simplified version of the OFL license, so it could
>> even be included in @MISC-FREE in profiles/license_groups.

> So, just to clairfy. I create file 'paratype' in gentoo-x86/licenses,
> paste there text of license and then commit?

Right. If it exists, you should preferably take the license or copying
file from the package's tarball. (Make sure that it's utf-8 encoded.)

> and who adds it to license_groups?

Please wait for a another few days if anybody will raise objections,
then you can add it yourself.

Ulrich

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding ParaType Free Font License to tree

[Maxim Koltsov]

25 апреля 2012 г. 15:47 пользователь Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> написал:
>>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Maxim Koltsov wrote:
>
>>>> So the question is: can Paratype FreeFont license be added to tree
>>>> as /usr/portage/licenses/paratype?
>>>
>>> I don't see any reason why it couldn't.
>>>
>>> It looks like a simplified version of the OFL license, so it could
>>> even be included in @MISC-FREE in profiles/license_groups.
>
>> So, just to clairfy. I create file 'paratype' in gentoo-x86/licenses,
>> paste there text of license and then commit?
>
> Right. If it exists, you should preferably take the license or copying
> file from the package's tarball. (Make sure that it's utf-8 encoded.)
>
>> and who adds it to license_groups?
>
> Please wait for a another few days if anybody will raise objections,
> then you can add it yourself.
>
> Ulrich
>

Well, they updated their OFL version of fonts, so license is not
needed now :) Anyway, thanks for help.