Quoting Mahesh T. Pai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Soumyadip Modak said on Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:16:03AM +0530,: > > > On 11/1/07, Kartik Mistry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > License is: > > > http://elcot.in/tamilfonts_download.php > > > > > > "These fonts can be used freely and shared freely without any copy > > > right restrictions for commercial and non commercial use. " > > > > > > To be decide whether this is DFSG-Free or not. > > > > > > > The only potential problem I see is that the license does not talk > > about whether modifications can be made to the fonts without > > restrictions. Otherwise the language looks similar to BSD/PD. > > I wont classify that as a license statement. Moreover, one needs > an express statement permitting modification; else modifications > cannot be allowed. > > And that is not remotely BSDish; BSD license allows modifications. > > But you better discuss this on debian-legal; I simply have no energy > to discuss this there. My prediction is that this is not DFSG free.
At first glance, I would say that the quoted "license" is not exactly a license but more a statement of intentions. From the wording of ELCOT I would say that their *intent* is probably to make the fonts available as widely as possible, without restrictions. So, either a BSD-like, a GPL-like or the Open Font License would qualify. I think it would be more productive to suggest ELCOT people to choose an existing license. There is a contact address on the given link: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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