[Savannah-register-public] [task #3630] Submission of Computer Modern Unicode fonts

[Jonathan Gonzalez V.]

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               Posted by: Jonathan Gonzalez V. <Zeus>
               Posted on: 2005-01-20 03:46 (Chile/Continental)
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Follow-up Comment:
Hi Andrey,



There's an exception in case that you want to license a font with the

GNU GPl, you can see it here: 



    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException



There's no problem in use the X11 license but first, are you agree

with the GNU GPL exception or you still want to switch to X11 license?

please, let us know your decision.



In any case you have the drop the 'lppl.txt' file from your tarballs,

since you will not use this license, you must replace it for a file

called 'COPYING' with the license that you chose.



You must add the Copyright and License notice at the beginning of

every file, if you have problems adding them(like you cannot use

comments) you can create a file containing the Copyright and License

notice for all your font files. If this will be the case I suggest you

create files with a name like 'SDF-FILES.LICENSE', so the file name

explain for what files it's the Copyright and License notices inside.



Please, all your future answer write them to the tracker and not by

private email.



If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide

us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we

will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.



Regards,



<answer from Andrey>



Hi 

On Friday 14 January 2005 23:26, you wrote:

> If you still wish to use your current license, we will be happy to

> discuss it with you.

>

> On the other hand, can you provide us with an URL to download the

> source code? or if you prefer you can submitted to this tracker.

>



<URL> Really this is not a program, 

but fonts. I do not think that GPL is a good choice for fonts, it is too 

restrictive. But it is a subject for discussion, probably might be changed to


X11.



</answer from Andrey>

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                 Summary: Submission of Computer Modern Unicode fonts
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: panov
            Submitted on: Fri 01/14/2005 at 06:01
         Should Start On: Fri 01/14/2005 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Fri 01/14/2005 at 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 50%
             Assigned to: Zeus
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Site Admin. Approval/Edition URL:
 <https://savannah.nongnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=7211>


###### ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DETAILS ######

System Group Name:
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  cm-unicode


Full Name:
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  Computer Modern Unicode fonts
  

Type:
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  non-GNU


License:
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  Other


Other License: 
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  The LaTeX Project Public License Version 1.2


Description:
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  Computer Modern Unicode fonts were converted from metafont sources using
mftrace with autotrace backend and fontforge (former pfaedit). Their main
purpose is to create free good quality fonts for use in X applications
supporting many languages. Currently the fonts contain glyphs from Latin1
(Metafont ec, tc), Cyrillic (la, rx) and Greek (cbgreek when available) code
sets. 




Other Software Required:
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Other Comments:
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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Thu 01/20/2005 at 03:46       By: Jonathan Gonzalez V. <Zeus>
Hi Andrey,



There's an exception in case that you want to license a font with the

GNU GPl, you can see it here: 



    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException



There's no problem in use the X11 license but first, are you agree

with the GNU GPL exception or you still want to switch to X11 license?

please, let us know your decision.



In any case you have the drop the 'lppl.txt' file from your tarballs,

since you will not use this license, you must replace it for a file

called 'COPYING' with the license that you chose.



You must add the Copyright and License notice at the beginning of

every file, if you have problems adding them(like you cannot use

comments) you can create a file containing the Copyright and License

notice for all your font files. If this will be the case I suggest you

create files with a name like 'SDF-FILES.LICENSE', so the file name

explain for what files it's the Copyright and License notices inside.



Please, all your future answer write them to the tracker and not by

private email.



If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide

us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we

will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.



Regards,



<answer from Andrey>



Hi 

On Friday 14 January 2005 23:26, you wrote:

> If you still wish to use your current license, we will be happy to

> discuss it with you.

>

> On the other hand, can you provide us with an URL to download the

> source code? or if you prefer you can submitted to this tracker.

>



<URL> Really this is not a program, 

but fonts. I do not think that GPL is a good choice for fonts, it is too 

restrictive. But it is a subject for discussion, probably might be changed to


X11.



</answer from Andrey>

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Date: Fri 01/14/2005 at 13:26       By: Jonathan Gonzalez V. <Zeus>
Hi Andrey,



I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.



We need a detailed technical description that specifies such

requirements as programming languages and external libraries.  It should

be at least one-half a page.



The license you chose qualifies your software as free software but it is

incompatible with the GNU GPL.



We only host software published under licenses compatible with the GPL,

which allows developers to combine files from any project without fear

of a licensing problem.



If you are willing to switch to a GPL-compatible license, please let

us know.



You can get a list of various licenses and comments about them at

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html.



If you still wish to use your current license, we will be happy to

discuss it with you.



On the other hand, can you provide us with an URL to download the

source code? or if you prefer you can submitted to this tracker.



We wish to review your source code, even if it is not functional, to

catch potential legal issues early.



For example, to release your program properly under the GPL you must

include a copyright notice and permission-to-copy statements at

the beginning of every file of source code.  This is explained in

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.  Our review would help catch

potential omissions such as these.



If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide

us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we

will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.



Regards,








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