Re: contact kurditgroup
by Michal Nowak
ping?
On 09:57 Wed 16 Jul , Michal Nowak wrote:
> Hi Bardaqani,
>
> sorry for not being clear on this for the first time.
>
> The problem with GPL licensed font is that when you for example
> create PDF file (like a book) the you usually embed the font inside
> the document and then is anyone able to see it correct even
> when he does not have the Kurdish font in system (really good thing).
>
> But: When you have used GPL font (like Unikurd Web) inside PDF file
> then you must license the file/book as a GPL too! And that's the
> problem.
>
> Because of this there's special Font Exception which solves that
> problem.
>
> What would help us a lot:
>
> 1. Re-license the fonts from 'GPLv3' to 'GPLv3 + exception'.
> Here's the link to such text:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException
>
> 2. Write the text from the above link to the file gpl.txt inside
> unikurdweb.zip file.
>
>
> Solving points 1. and 2. will help us to distribute Your font in
> Fedora and thus helpfull for Kurdish writing/speaking users in
> general.
>
> Don't hesitate and write me in case of another questions or if
> you need any further guidance.
>
> Thank you,
> Michal
>
>
> On 23:43 Tue 15 Jul , bardaqani bardaqani wrote:
> > Dear Michal,
> > How can help you? should we out the license inside a PDF or what?
> > let me know
> >
> > cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:47 AM, <mnowak(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > <div dir='rtl' style='direction: rtl; text-align: right' align='right'>.Hi,
> > > I wish I package some Unikurd fonts to Fedora Linux distribution<br />
> > > <br />
> > > The problem is actually the chosen license, which is plain GPLv3. Here you
> > > can read why is the license not so well usable for usage e.g. inside PDF.
> > > <br />
> > > <br />
> > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException <br />
> > > <br />
> > > Please reply to my email mnowak(a)redhat.com for further information or
> > > point me to someone whom can I talk to. <br />
> > > <br />
> > > Thank you for you time,<br />
> > > Michal Nowak<br />
> > > <br />
> > > Michal Nowak uid:0<br />
> > > <br />
> > > 2008-07-15<br />
> > > </div>
> > >
15 years, 6 months
Fwd: Gnu FreeFont -- new release
by Jens-Ulrik Petersen
I am not really familiar with this font, but since it covers quite a number of scripts it looks interesting at least, so forwarding for any comments? Would it be useful to include in Fedora?
Jens
15 years, 7 months
Fedora fonts SIG pre-freeze status
by Nicolas Mailhot
Hi all,
I've updated our status page
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fonts_inclusion_history
While we've still not quite reached the F9 addition volume, things are
starting to look not too bad. It would be nice to reach the 40 new
packages mark by F10 release time.
This page is intended to be referenced in release notes, so each new
font needs to be described properly. Right now:
— icelandic fonts and smc fonts have no wiki page
— darkgarden, sportrop and thibault fonts have unfinished pages
⇒ please fix
Additionnaly the plan is still to bump fontforge to the latest version
just before next week's freeze (and rebuild dependant fonts). Please
make sure your packages are ready for rebuild by then.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Mailhot
15 years, 7 months
new fontforge in rawhide, please rebuild fonts
by Kevin Fenzi
Greetings.
I just built a new version of fontforge in rawhide.
Could all maintainers that have packages that BuildRequires: fontforge
do a bump and rebuild against the new version?
This would be (at least):
dejavu-fonts
wine
linux-libertine-fonts
edrip-fonts
thibault-fonts
thaifonts-scalable
darkgarden-fonts
inconsolata-fonts
Please let me know if you spot any problems with it...
kevin
15 years, 7 months
Does anyone know of any remaining users of the Type1 fonts?
by Jim Gettys
Last I knew, all they would do (on the screen) was make for an ugly
screen, as we haven't had a decent Type-1 font renderer....
Anyone have any knowledge of anything current that uses type-1 on the
screen? On paper?
- Jim
--
Jim Gettys <jg(a)laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child
15 years, 7 months
Re: Very nice of you to write the tl2rpm converter
by Nicolas Mailhot
Le lundi 01 septembre 2008 à 19:39 +0200, Jindrich Novy a écrit :
> This looks like an optimal granularity for it since collections
> contain largest possible TeX Live bits that don't yet conflicts. But
> the review process for 400 generated specs quite scares me.
Just start by splitting out all the stuff useful to non-TEX users (ie
fonts) and you'll find reviewers and possibly co-maintainers. I'd rather
review a score of simple packages that follow standard templates than
the horror the current mashup is.
--
Nicolas Mailhot
15 years, 7 months
