[Pkg-fonts-bugs] Bug#376686: Missing fonts in ttf-farsiweb

[Christian Perrier]

retitle 376686 Should add a README.Debian file about licensing issues
severity 376686 minor
thanks

Quoting Youssef Chahibi (chahibi at gmail.com):
> Package: ttf-farsiweb
> Version: 0.4-4
> 
> 
> 	Compared with the farsi_fonts_0.4.tar.bz2 archive provided by Arabeyes 
> (http://www.arabeyes.org/project.php?proj=Khotot), ttf-farsiweb misses the 
> following fonts: elham koodak roya royab terafik terafikb .


I hereby confirm that this is on purpose.

All the fonts that are not included in the package explitely mention:

bubulle at mykerinos:~/tmp/ttf-farsiweb-0.4.ds1> ftinfo -a koodak.ttf
.../...
koodak.ttf: 0: 10 name: Macintosh, Roman, English, License Description: Copyright (c) 2003 by Sharif FarsiWeb, Inc. All Rig
hts Reserved.

This font is based on the Koodak and Bitstream Vera fonts.

The original source of the Koodak font is unknown, and the version this font is based on, had a copyright phrase of "(c) 19
99 Everybody!". You may freely redistribute this font, but you may not change it in any way. Versions with other licensing
will become available from Sharif FarsiWeb, which you may contact at
http://www.farsiweb.info/ or mailto:fwpg at sharif.edu.

Bitstream Vera is Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Bitstream Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc.


Such a license is not free according to the Debian Free Software
Guidelines.

So, indeed, the Debian ttf-farwiseb *does* include all GPL'ed fonts
from Farsiweb.

I retitle this bug so that a README.Debian file is added to the
package, explaining this.


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