Florian Weimer writes ("Re: DFSG + Hack typeface license with transition to
proposed new source file build in Debian package"):
> Ian Jackson:
> > Debian is not likely to accept a restriction on modifying glyphs. We
> > consider that Debian (and its downstreams and users) must be free to
> >
* Ian Jackson:
> Debian is not likely to accept a restriction on modifying glyphs. We
> consider that Debian (and its downstreams and users) must be free to
> make changes - even changes that upstreams disapprove of.
We have historically accepted restrictions like these:
| The programs for
This is very helpful Ian and I really do appreciate your feedback. I think
that we are in agreement on our end that elimination of the reserved font name
will be the best approach for all involved.
This will likely come along with licensing of all changes that we have made to
the upstream
We created a new thread for our license discussions for anyone who is
interested in participating on the repository:
https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/issues/271
One possibility for us would be to eliminate the dual license structure and
simply revert to the Bitstream Vera license with
> I personally think that technical issues should not be worked around by
imposing licensing restrictions.
If typeface development tools need to be improved in order to get
better QA, then I hope they can be enhanced from a *technical* point of
view. In the meanwhile, licensing restrictions should
On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:40:00 -0400 Chris Simpkins wrote:
> [...] Downstream open source project font licensing from the days
> prior to SIL OFL (and to some degree even after that period) is a
> bit of a quagmire.
Hello,
I agree that font licensing is a quagmire.
Well, I even go further and
Thank you Jeff. The Hack Open Font License was modeled on the Bitstream Vera
license and SIL OFL. Downstream open source project font licensing from the
days prior to SIL OFL (and to some degree even after that period) is a bit of a
quagmire.
Item 2 is where the reserved font name
Here is the text of the license found at
> [2] https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/blob/master/LICENSE.md
## License
Hack Copyright 2015, Christopher Simpkins with Reserved Font Name "Hack".
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono Copyright 2003 Bitstream Inc. and licensed under the
Bitstream Vera License
Our fonts (Hack - https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack) are currently
released through the Debian package manager (package maintainer Paride
Legovini) from our Github repository as binaries that are compiled + hinted by
the project author team. As of our upcoming v3.0 release of the fonts, we
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