Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello]

[Taketoshi Sano <kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>]

Hi.

In <E14kWUg-0006Wt-00@fer.pps.jussieu.fr>,
  on Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:29:34 +0200,
    on Re: DFSG and fonts [was: Bug#91856: Hello],
 Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> DS> what if X 5.0 only supports OpenType and BDF fonts, and Y&Y isn't
> DS> interested in converting them?
> 
> I realise that's not what your point was about, but I'll mention that
> I am personnally committed to improving the Type 1 support in future
> versions of XFree86.

I don't know about the specific font, and if this can be applied to,
but in general, fonts are useful for many softwares not limited to
XFree86. For example, we use some DFSG free fonts for TeX, GhostScript,
and X by converting them into various formats.

If the license of the specific font does not allow us to use it
in such a way, then it is not pleasant for us, and I hope that
DFSG-compatible fonts do permit us to use them freely.

This is just an opnion from a Debian developer.

Regards.
-- 
  Taketoshi Sano: <kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>