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Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Please add 2 new fonts to Debian



On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:14:59AM +0800, Lv Zheng wrote:
> Its Pubic License is Copyleft, somehow similar to the GPL. and I think it
> meets the demands of DFSG.

Hi,

I think ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE fails to comply with DFSG due to the
following text:

### from ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE
...

"Freely Available" means that you have the freedom to copy or modify the
Font as well as redistribute copies of the Font under the same
conditions you received but only for non-profit purpose. 

...

You must make such modifications Freely Available as a whole to all
third parties under the terms of this License, such as by offering
access to copy the modifications from a designated place, or
distributing the modifications on a medium customarily used for software
interchange.

...
### end ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE 

The term "freely available" is defined as "only for non-profit purpose",
which does not meet the DFSG article 6, "No Discrimination Against
Fields of Endeavor".

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