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Re: Preparation of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2 (II)



On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:04:32PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:35:10 +0000,
> Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>]
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:52:01AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > > At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:36:40 +0100,
> > > Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > > > > > One of "More-clearly-free alternative scalable Japanese fonts" is
> > > > > > kochi-mincho/kochi-gothic in sid/sarge. Many Japanese use this
> > > > > > font rather than Watanabe font.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If this alternative contains the necessary glyphs, then I do not see
> > > > > that much of a problem with removing the Hitachi fonts.
> > > > 
> > > > Exactly.  We just has to make sure HITACHI's claim was not the primary
> > > > reason to do so.  HITACHI is just a noise.
> > > 
> > > So you just ignore original font author's claim.  Is it good attitude?
> > 
> > If their claim was bogus? Yup, it is. Paying attention to bogus claims
> > isn't just silly, it sets a very bad precendent.
> 
> Yeah, if we recognize it's just bogus, then we don't discuss seriously
> and don't consume our precious time.
> 
> Original author (Hitachi, who were infringed), and kochi upstream
> author (who infringed without knowing) already discussed and their
> conclusion was that it was not just bogus.

Erm, when asking the question of whether or not they are right, their
own statement that they are right is not useful.

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