On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 11:58:31AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew Suffield: > > >> The discussion about fonts, closed and semi-closed data formats, and > >> data formats which are inherently lossy and for which we lack the > >> lossless source files has not really started yet. It will take months > >> until Debian agrees on policies for these cases, and further classes > >> of non-programs which aren't on the radar at this point probably > >> exist, too. > > > > Nonsense. There is generally nothing to discuss, and where there is, > > it was settled a long time ago. > > Where's the settlement with respect to fonts? Wrong question. Take a specific package and ask -legal for an analysis. "fonts" is far too vague. I have not yet seen a sourceless font in Debian, although I haven't really been looking. It is possible for such things to exist. It is unlikely that you use any, unless you use the MS truetype fonts. > And what about > technical vector drawings that have been converted to bitmaps by > upstream? Again too vague. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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