Ok, thanks for the feedback, and it's what I assumed would be the case
and my reason for asking. I did wonder why there were packages in the
AUR that linked to content without, apparently, having appropriate
rights. To confirm that I understand this correctly:
On 20/01/13 08:45, Xyne wrote:
The PKGBUILD does not contain the fonts so it is not distribution. The
fonts are downloaded directly by the user when the package is built.
Unless the source of those files is somehow illegal (e.g. privately
hosted non-free files that the host may not legally distribute) then
there is no problem. Regards, Xyne
A PKGBUILD may link to legal sources, so for an Apple font package to be
legal, its sources must be. I get that. But the sources I used are those
in use by packages already in AUR so, if they aren't legal sources, this
would make the existing AUR packages (macfonts and ttf-mac-fonts) bad
too, right ?
So to review the legality of the package we need to look at its sources:
On 20/01/13 04:27, Kirill Churin wrote:
This package source links:
http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA — illegal
http://invisible-**files.googlecode.com/files/**ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz<http://invisible-files.googlecode.com/files/ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz>
—
illegal
https://macbuntu.svn.**sourceforge.net/svnroot/**macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts<https://macbuntu.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts>
—
illegal
1. http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA
This is from package 'macfonts' in the AUR. From what I can tell it
originated from http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz
via http://korben.info//des-polices-mac-sur-ubuntu.html who copied it
onto a file host at http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA. The source at
http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com is no longer available.
2. http://invisible-files.googlecode.com/files/ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz
This is indirectly from package 'ttf-mac' in the AUR. It isn't in the
package itself but is directly linked from the URL given in the
PKGBUILD's 'pkgdesc' entry
(https://github.com/GutenYe/aur/tree/master/ttf-mac: at the bottom,
there is a link "Wow, It's too complex, it there a easy way? sure, you
can find a download link at
http://code.google.com/p/invisible-files/downloads/list";).
3. https://macbuntu.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts
This is from package 'ttf-mac-fonts' in the AUR. This one presents the
"Safari For Windows" license as applicable to this which I doubt is
relevant.
I would say that, from a legality viewpoint, package 'ttf-mac' is the
cleanest as it doesn't install anything without additional work on
behalf of the user to provide licensed content themselves (although it
does indirectly link to a dubious way of obtaining that content). The
other, however, I would suggest are somewhat dubious and should,
perhaps, be removed?
As I can't vouch for the sources used by the AUR packages that I based
my package on, I won't publish my package to the AUR.
Many thanks for your comment and apologies if I've opened a can of worms ;)
John
