Bug#835197: RFP: fonts-eosrei-emojione
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 11:48:37AM -0500, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 RFP: fonts-emojitwo -- Color emoji font originally
> released as Emojione 2.2
>
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > It appears like Emojione is no longer under a DFSG-compatible license.
>
> Updating the bug title, since I'm skeptical that even non-free could
> provide the latest Emojione.
>
> > By the way, my understanding is that the new GNOME color emoji feature
> > requires these:
>
> All of that is done now in Debian Testing except for fontconfig 2.12.6
> (soon I hope). Also fonts-noto-color-emoji is in the NEW queue.
>
> Mike, I wonder why Mozilla standardized on the Emojione font. Given
> Emojione's license shift and the fact that it appears like Linux
> distros prefer the Noto emoji, do you think Mozilla would reconsider?
> (Fedora 27 includes the Noto emoji by default. I expect Ubuntu 18.04
> LTS to include fonts-noto-color-emoji by default. Probably Debian
> GNOME Buster too. It is the same emoji used by Google in the latest
> stock Android devices.)
Mozilla is not using https://github.com/eosrei/emojione-color-font. It's
using https://github.com/mozilla/emojione-colr
Mike
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