Re: Mukti fontset license

[Michal Nowak <mnowak redhat com>]

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On 10:11 Wed 16 Jul     , Michal Nowak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Fedora Linux distribution considered packaging Your Mukti fontset,
> but we found out that the license is GPLv2+, which we consider as
> excellent for software but not for fonts.
> 
> The problem we see is that when you embed the font inside PDF file
> then the whole document has to be licensed as a GPLv2+ too. This is
> thought to be controversial.
> 
> Do you think it can be possible to change the license to e.g. 'GPLv2+
> + Font Exception'? The Exception would be this one:
> 
>   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
> 
> Which just says that just embedding the font does not mean that you
> have to license your file (e.g. book) as GPLv2+ too.
> 
> Let me know whay you think.
> 
> Looking forward to your reply.
> 
> Regards,
> Michal
>