Le Dim 11 mars 2012 23:20, Bruno Wolff III a écrit :
I am looking at updating egoboo to 2.8.1 and it includes 5 ttf files
that it didn't before (and the one it had been using was dropped).
./basicdat/Bo_Chen.ttf
./basicdat/Squerkle.ttf
./basicdat/Mael.ttf
./basicdat/Egobooish.ttf
./basicdat/Gnomish_digital.ttf
How do I check if these are at least free enough not to have to scrub
them from the source rpm?
You need to identify the upstream site and check there what is the font
licensing. To do that look at the font metadata either in fontforge or in
gnome font preview.
Even if the metadata says it's non-free many fonts have broken metadata
(upstream relicenses but does not update the font metadata) so it's always a
good idea to look at the upstream website
If they are free enough to use, what do I need to do to use them in
Fedora?
Do they need to be in separate subpackages?
If they are free enough the best solution is to have them packaged separately
from the upstream version. If it can't be found you can create a subpackage
per font using the versions in egoboo as source
If they are not free, more the pity as there is a ton of free fonts to choose
from at google and oflb nowadays, which can all be packaged in Fedora.
--
Nicolas Mailhot