On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:55:13AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:17:13AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:00:00AM +0200, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > No, we should use the liberation fonts, which are designed to replace
> > > > the MS fonts.
> > > 
> > > Have their licensing issues been solved?
> > 
> > Which ones ?
> 
> 1. It claims to use GPLv2, yet it has an incompatible anti-Tivo clause; it's
> debatable whether it's DFSG-free.  I would say it isn't, but it's not up to
> me to decide.
> The clause is clearly marked as an "exception", so, while obviously
> non-GPL-compatible, it's a valid license, distributable and so on.

Ugh, bad me.  I looked only at the license itself, the debian-legal
consensus seems to be that additional restrictions over the GPL are illegal
(http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg36584.html).

> [...]

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