Hello everyone,
While writing metainfo files for a few fonts, I noticed that their creator states on his website:
"Fonts and documents in this site are not pieces of property or merchandise items; they carry no trademark, copyright, license or other market tags; they are free for any use."
As far as I can tell, that makes them public domain. Is it the same as CC0-1.0 or is there another license I should choose?
On 1 April 2015 at 19:06, Alexander Ploumistos alex.ploumistos@gmail.com wrote:
As far as I can tell, that makes them public domain. Is it the same as CC0-1.0 or is there another license I should choose?
You don't *have* to choose SPDX license IDs -- something like "Public Domain" would be fine I suppose, although I'd probably have to make that acceptable to the metadata generator. If you do this ping me and I'll make the trivial changes required. Probably best to get fedora legal on the case if you're unclear. Thanks!
Richard
Since the metadata_license tag covers the metadata files themselves and not the fonts and documentation, I would feel bad to choose something more restrictive than what the original creator has chosen. If CC0-1.0 is (at least almost) equivalent, I am perfectly fine with that, no need to specify a new tag.
On 1 April 2015 at 19:25, Alexander Ploumistos alex.ploumistos@gmail.com wrote:
If CC0-1.0 is (at least almost) equivalent, I am perfectly fine with that, no need to specify a new tag.
I think it's very similar indeed. I use CC0 myself when I want Public Domain that's legally clear in all countries.
Richard.