On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 4:03 PM Bastian Germann <b...@debian.org> wrote:
> I have tracked down the origin to 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/diskimagery64.
> This is a GPL-2 project so one could assume the font is GPL-2 as well.
> However, README.txt claims the following:
>
> "The fonts were not created totally by myself. I had a scalable commodore
> TrueType font lying around on on my hard disk and I used it as a starting
> point. The existing font told me its origins in the header: based on a font by
> Devin D. Cook with fixes from Chris McBride."
 Yes, the font was made by Devin D. Cook back in 2003/2004 or even
earlier and he further updated it around 2010.

> So if that font is not GPL-compibly licensed, CBM cannot be GPL licensed.
 He only states '100% Free' [1]. Will try to get to him for a longer
explanation.

> In any way, please also include the source files for the font from the  
> referenced project.
 Err, what do you mean source files for a font?

Regards,
Laszlo/GCS
[1] https://www.dafont.com/commodore-64-pixelized.font

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