[Fedora-legal-list] Re: Bunch of new Fonts added to wishlist

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 15:58 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> >> Kerkis
> >
> > There is a Kerkis package for TeX (tetex-font-kerkis).  Nowadays, the
> > author of this font publishes TTF and OTF files, quite suitable for
> > on-screen display.  The license, however, is a bit ambiguous, possibly
> > even a removal candidate.  http://iris.math.aegean.gr/kerkis/ (see the
> > License subsection).
> 
> This one should have been passed through fedora-legal before
> inclusion.

Definitely. That license is waaaay too vague as is.

We'd need to know if:

1. Modification is permitted
2. Redistribution is permitted (this is implied, but not explicitly
granted)
3. Redistribution in embedded documents is permitted

That's just for starters. The commercial copyright "advertising" clause
is also painfully vague.

Someone motivated (and likely, fluent in greek), should email the
copyright holders and suggest that they either clarify their license, or
consider relicensing it with an established free license (e.g. the OFL).

~spot