Re: Free documents using non-free fonts - can they be in main?
Hi Frank!
You wrote:
> I'm wondering whether a document that's licensed under a DFSG-free
> license, with TeX/sgml/whatever sources available and all, may use
> non-free fonts. For example, the LaTeX source would contain
> \usepackage{lucidabr}
> and you'd be able to create the document from that source only if you
> have either the commercial or otherwise non-free font installed, or you
> replace/remove that line. Assuming that the original author has the
> right to distribute and let re-distribute PDF files using that font
> without limits, would it be okay for main to distribute the compiled
> document (PDF) in the binary package, and the sources in the source
> package?
I think not. AFAIK, the binaries in main must be built from the sources
in main, which wouldn't be possible in the case you're describing.
What's the problem with just using the normal Concrete TeX fonts?
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