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task #15914: Submission of Intlfonts

Submitter:  Kenichi Handa <handa>
Submitted:  Sat 13 Mar 2021 08:04:42 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Sat 13 Mar 2021 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Tue 23 Mar 2021 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  In Progress Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  ineiev Open/Closed:  Open
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Fri 03 Dec 2021 07:09:27 PM UTC, comment #5: 

Is there a reason why this is still open? GNU intlfonts is a GNU package, and we have been hosting it since several years.

Alfred M. Szmidt <ams>
Mon 22 Mar 2021 09:58:06 AM UTC, comment #4: 

On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 11:39:25PM +0900, handa wrote (off-tracker):
...

> > Anyway, the README file in Ethiopic/ doesn't really contain valid copyright
> > and license notices <https://savannah.nongnu.org/maintenance/ValidNotices/>,
> > either.
>
> Do you mean that copyright year is missing, or just stating "GNU
> Copyleft" is not enough, or both?


Both.

> Ah, sorry for that.  It was a simple scripting mistake for making the
> tarball.  "ethio300-uni.bdf" also has this statement:
>   COPYRIGHT "GNU CopyLeft"
> as attached.


Thank you! Now you should fix your tarball (BTW, it contains no copy of the GPL, this is also wrong).

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Tue 16 Mar 2021 03:50:57 PM UTC, comment #3: 

The Information for Maintainers of GNU Software says,


You should maintain a proper copyright notice and a license notice in each nontrivial file in the package.
...
Some formats do not have room for textual annotations; for these files, state the copyright and copying permissions in a README file in the same directory.


The format of the file in question does allow for comments, so it should include them.

The GPL Howto explains why:


...programmers often copy source files from one free program into another. If a source file contains no statement about what its license is, then moving it into another context eliminates all trace of that point. This invites confusion and error.


I believe this applies to a font file quite well, even better than to a typical source file of a program: people can copy it alone as is, and it will provide a set of characters for them.

Anyway, the README file in Ethiopic/ doesn't really contain valid copyright and license notices, either.

P.S. After a closer look, I realized that I can't tell the intended licensing conditions of those files based on the contents of the tarball: the README in the topmost directory only says that they are public domain or "freely usable", and Ethiopic/README says "GNU Copyleft" which is more than ambiguous; if they are copylefted with a GNU license, the (re-)distributor must provide the source file for ethio24f-uni.bdf, that is, ethio300-uni.bdf, but that file is absent from the tarball; in other words, the tarball may be technically unredistributable.

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Tue 16 Mar 2021 12:52:23 PM UTC, comment #2: 

comment #1:

> Files like Ethiopic/ethio12-uni.bdf lack valid copyright and license notices; please make sure that every copyrightable file has them.


Hi, thank you very much for taking care of this package.
All sub-directories contain README files that describe the copyright conditions of all fonts.  I dare took this format to keep the contributed font file as is.
Isn't it acceptable?

Kenichi Handa <handa>
Mon 15 Mar 2021 09:19:33 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Files like Ethiopic/ethio12-uni.bdf lack valid copyright and license notices; please make sure that every copyrightable file has them.

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Sat 13 Mar 2021 08:04:42 AM UTC, original submission:  

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Registration Details


  • Name: Intlfonts
  • System Name:  intlfonts
  • Type: Official GNU software
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later (The "GPL font exception" is applied.

Some fonts are not GPL but public domain or GPL compatible free license.)




Description:

Intlfonts contains free fonts in the BDF, TrueType, and Type1 formats. They notably cover a large number of characters from different writing systems: European, Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Ethiopic and others.

These fonts allow multilingual PostScript printing from Emacs.



Other Comments:

Intlfonts package is now distribute by FSF at https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Intlfonts.
It is currently managed by my personal git repository.
This application is to move the respository to savannah so that other people (especially the co-maintainer) can easily access the repository.


Tarball URL:

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/intlfonts/intlfonts-1.4.2.tar.gz


Kenichi Handa <handa>

 

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