6980 – Microsoft fonts in xfree ebuild: licensing problems

Bug 6980 - Microsoft fonts in xfree ebuild: licensing problems

Summary: Microsoft fonts in xfree ebuild: licensing problems

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High critical (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)

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Blocks:	6968
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Reported:	2002-08-24 10:17 UTC by Santiago Tabares
Modified:	2002-09-08 12:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Santiago Tabares 2002-08-24 10:17:59 UTC

There is a problem with the licensing of the Microsoft truetype core fonts for 
the web: they are included in a tar.gz when you emerge xfree. It is illegal 
because they are not distributed in its original form (.exe or .cab). 
 
Ms truetype fonts sourceforge project, eula and faq: 
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ 
 
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/eula.htm 
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/faq8.htm 
 
 
Easy solution: remove the fonts from the xfree ebuild, and use my 
msttcorefonts ebuild.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-08-24 21:26:11 UTC

are the fonts part of the xfree86 tar files ?
or are they part of tar files that gentoo installs ?

if its the first case then this is an issue that needs to be brought to the 
xfree86 group ...

Comment 2 Santiago Tabares 2002-08-25 13:55:53 UTC

They are part of tar files that gentoo installs, the file is truetype.tar.gz

Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-08 12:51:46 UTC

This will be fixed in xfree-4.2.1.