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Re: Bug#85072: freeamp: contains non-free arial.ttf



On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:14:53PM -0600, David Starner wrote:
> > 2. depend on msttcorefonts and use the copy of arial.ttf provided by
> >    that - this implies moving to contrib
> > 3. remove the dependence on this font altogether by replacing it or
> >    the whole theme.
> > 
> > Obviously, the third alternative is best. Probably upstream can be
> > convinced to follow suit ... I notice that SuSE 7.0 has a freeamp.rpm
> > including arial.ttf, and - contrary to Debian - they are for-profit.
> 
> (3) is the only sane solution, and it needs to be done ASAP. 
I'm looking for a free font that's of similar style.  Once I get that
upstream will probably include it.

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Brian Almeida                      | http://people.debian.org/~bma
Debian Developer                   | bma@debian.org



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