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On 04/03/2013 03:43 PM, Ralph Bean wrote:
A package up for review[1] contains some static resources that are under the Ubuntu Font License[2]. According to a Fedora page[3], that license is a derivative of the Open Font License which appears ok on the list of acceptable Fedora licenses[4].
Is the Ubuntu Font License ok to use for Fedora packages? If not, the so licensed resources can be patched out.
No. It is non-free. It says:
To "Propagate" a work means to do anything with it that, without permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a computer or modifying a private copy.
The "except" items are use and modification restrictions. Since the license only refers to "propogate", and never grants unrestricted use or modification permissions, the license is non-free.
Canonical could fix this license by simply dropping "except executing it on a computer or modifying a private copy".
~tom
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