[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#435206: Bug#435206: Bug#435206: octplot: copyright incorrectly listed as GPL version 2 only

[Thomas Weber]

Am Montag, den 30.07.2007, 13:11 -0400 schrieb Steven G. Johnson:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Thomas Weber wrote:
> >> The /usr/share/doc/octplot/copyright lists the license as being
> >> GPL (and some LGPL) version 2, but all of the source files list the
> >> license as being version 2 or (at your option), any later version.
> >
> > Look in the fonts/ directory. I'm not sure if the URW fonts have an 'or
> > later' addition.
> 
> Even if the URW fonts are v2-only, which isn't clear (you may want to 
> check with ghostscript), this shouldn't affect the license of the software 
> per se.  The FSF and other licensing authorities have long held that fonts 
> are merely data files loaded by the program, and don't make the program a 
> derived work of the font (or vice versa).  This is why GPL programs can 
> legally use non-GPL fonts, and non-GPL programs can legally use GPL fonts.

I sent an e-mail to the upstream author about it, asking for
clarification.

Regards
	Thomas