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Re: Mass bug filling about proprietary code of adobe in our type1 fonts



On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:07:03PM +0000, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:34:34PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > If there is code in a font that has a license attached to it which does
> > not meet the DFSG, then it should go out of Debian; not because we're
> > not allowed to keep it in Debian by the author of said code, but because
> > we don't *want* it to be in Debian, according to the DFSG.
> 
> I agree with Wouter on the above.  Moreover, if it doesn't have a license, or
> it's not clear whether there is a license, or if the license doesn't allow
> redistribution, then it must go out of Debian not because we want it out but
> because we're not allowed to redistribute it, not even in section non-free.

You might want to ask Adobe first, though, before removing anything.

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