ttf-breip with SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE

Hello There,
I recently adopted and packaged the font
"ttf-breip" which is already
on the debian repositories on the main section.
My sponsor was in doubt about the licence of the font (SIL),
and
double-checked if its dsfg-free or not with other DD's and
some of
them told her it was free and some told her that it wasn't
free.
Also i've read a thread on this mailing list about the
gentium font
with the same license  [1], but i still have no answers
about this
font and its license.

So should the ttf-breip font keep in main or should be moved
to non-free?
Sorry for my bad english, i hope you understand what i am
asking here

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/11/msg00314.
html

Thanks,
Mauro


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On Jan 15, 2008 1:17 PM, Mauro Lizaur <lavaramanogmail.com> wrote:

> So should the ttf-breip font keep in main or should be
moved to non-free?
> Sorry for my bad english, i hope you understand what i
am asking here

Gentium[1] and other SIL OFL licenced fonts have been
accepted into
Debian main, so presumably the ftpmasters believe that
those
OFL-licenced fonts are DFSG-free. I guess ttf-breip is
therefore fine
for main.

1. http://packages.debian.org/ch
angelogs/pool/main/t/ttf-sil-gentium/current/copyright

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PAUL WISE WROTE:
> ON JAN 15, 2008 1:17 PM, MAURO LIZAUR
<LAVARAMANOGMAIL.COM> WROTE:
> 
>> SO SHOULD THE TTF-BREIP FONT KEEP IN MAIN OR SHOULD
BE MOVED TO NON-FREE?
>> SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I AM ASKING HERE
> 
> GENTIUM[1] AND OTHER SIL OFL LICENCED FONTS HAVE BEEN
ACCEPTED INTO
> DEBIAN MAIN, SO PRESUMABLY THE FTPMASTERS BELIEVE THAT
THOSE
> OFL-LICENCED FONTS ARE DFSG-FREE. I GUESS TTF-BREIP IS
THEREFORE FINE
> FOR MAIN.
> 
> 1.
HTTP://PACKAGES.DEBIAN.ORG/CHANGELOGS/POOL/MAIN/T/TTF-SIL-GE
NTIUM/CURRENT/COPYRIGHT


YES, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 22 FONTS RELEASED UNDER THE OFL
ACCEPTED BY THE
FTP-MASTERS IN MAIN WHICH IS A FAIRLY GOOD INDICATOR OF THE
DFSG
COMPLIANCE OF THE OFL.

AND ABOUT 10 IN THE PIPELINE TO BE PACKAGED BY MEMBERS OF
THE DEBIAN
FONTS TASK FORCE. MORE OPEN FONTS ARE PLANNED FOR RELEASE
OR
RE-LICENSING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.

HERE'S THE FONT METADATA FOR BREIP AS CURRENTLY SHOWN IN THE
ALIOTH
PKG-FONTS TEAM ONGOING REVIEW:
HTTP://PKG-FONTS.ALIOTH.DEBIAN.ORG/REVIEW/FNT-C2CCC8555857D3
0AE02B5FFA20E5209E.HTML


BTW, MAURO, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ALSO SHIP IN YOUR
PACKAGE THE
UPSTREAM FONT SOURCE AND DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE ON
HTTP://STALEFRIES.GOOGLEPAGES.COM/FONTSBREIP


CHEERS,

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HTTP://PKG-FONTS.ALIOTH.DEBIAN.ORG/
HTTPS://LAUNCHPAD.NET/PEOPLE/FONTS

On Jan 15, 2008 7:13 PM, Nicolas Spalinger
<nicolas_spalingersil.org> wrote:

> BTW, Mauro, can you please make sure you also ship in
your package the
> upstream font source and documentation available on
> http://s
talefries.googlepages.com/fontsbreip

I'd like to add that only the font source should be shipped
in the
source package, and the font binary in the arch: all binary
package,
the transformation would occur at package build time using a
fontforge
script.

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pabs

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