-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Oh, I just remembered I once had a short conversation with RMS about the distribution of the ghostscript fonts in binary Type1 format albeit being licensed under the terms of the GPL:
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:02:32 -0500 From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> To: Fabian Greffrath <fab...@greffrath.com> Subject: Re: [ghostscript] opentypefont These fonts, however, are supplied in a binary, though editable, format called PFB. In our opinion this file format corresponds to object code and is clearly not "the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it." Karl Berry is the GNU expert on fonts. He thinks that a Type 1 font is suitable source code. Could you tell me how you consider it falls short? We sure could do the transformations from the binary font files, but it just felt "wrong". ;) Would the files made by this transformation be different from the source files that the developers might release? Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:18:57 -0500 From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> To: Fabian Greffrath <fab...@greffrath.com> Subject: Re: [ghostscript] opentypefont They are binary files, so you cannot create diffs between two versions. That is, the advantage of the openness of the source is void. I see your point. That is an aid for maintenance. At the same time, the Type 1 font contains all the information and can be converted automatically to the textual format. So it is a valid source format. Thus, I think these packages are valid and free as they are. However, distributing the ASCII source would be an improvement. So why not add that to your packages? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEIsF2SKlSa4TfGRyWy+qOlwzNWd8FAlh+iIkACgkQy+qOlwzN Wd+/ORAAr5M6KHbkBoUDNUkKu9KlKvC0hDJnaieJdxCUtuHH3sHGTmhAcpXbYjZo VqqkeTkOrwiPvVs/vQcoQTyplE/TjKhLFC0w74PCUuY/dzPYm7kWmTNeyjdR/UCG R2fsZNdLKu31/m/FEVAm7Cj3pp8o2DIRVNo75QabDJu6K4oIbVB2Okt4XE2BJJT5 nKHWYC+RthTiAUo9nlRJ+l3xm0zNdZngf99HrV654G0etheMoj9m2XPTeCU6pe1Z VaegO7lb0/uBtnUm2fwhi6WEsIcx4wQqkXSaH1tlYgBqU4WkEKaRi15sXTmGvQV7 vj5c9Knvaz7AEDbB1cYh0a3M32qJ0v4UEUPUYeUxfRAqMy8l0shzZ7prxWDJBQas CeqJxihL+aWXvRMhI7cUZ+0C953X2nSNuxnJ27na54NHkDzQ9dW62SDYB3fM6VxQ 8+UWjzbtuQBm+LyNe6VG27eu1ewZKovIGsewCl5GGms6ssbrdYbMHyj6wMF/jPqj lBp15vDdaM72zXLbO2veNGqZ8tDtEWwwIo8kkm36ydx5lz1xYiwdWAgo8J8bF+O9 MK7oq71eEoZBB9HXC/XX2oXVOBcfvL3jVOoBu4lZf3efV6do5T/q0yn5+VTfrVSI 9grvjEl6dCa73GsWu4gkAdWr/NG3KD82Aoh3btOFt/FKS/u0uZ4= =9XWx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----