Re: ecofont

[810d4rk <810d4rk@gmail.com>]

The font can be downloaded in the website after you enter an email and
name in a box.
There is currently a discussion in libreoffice devel mailing list
about this type of font and there is also a discussion about the
license: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-December/date.html

On 06/12/2011, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 09:52:57PM +0000, 810d4rk wrote:
>> Hi, may I ask if it is possible to include ecofont
>> (www.ecofont.com/assets/files/ecofont_vera_sans_regular.zip) in
>> debian?
>
> Well, is this font freely licensed?  The zip file only contains a ttf font
> file, with no accompanying information on redistributability, and the front
> page of the website doesn't appear to link to this file:  it's focused on
> selling a product.
>
> I find embedded within the font file a copy of the license for the Bitstream
> Vera font, but it's not clear if this is the license that attaches to
> distribution in this case.
>
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