Le Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:14:39PM -0500, Nicholas D Steeves a écrit :
>
> No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
> Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the
> corresponding Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the
> primary font name as presented to the users.
> https://fonts.google.com/specimen/BenchNine/license
>
> Can we clarify our position on this (somewhere) please?
Hi Nicholas,
I agree that it would be useful to document the reasonning, maybe you should
ask the new DFSG team.
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DFSG
But for Debian's position, this license has been accepted many times:
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=No+Modified+Version+of+the+Font+Software+may+use+the+Reserved+Font&literal=1
Also Copilot told me that Wikipedia says that FSF says the license is Free:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License
Have a nice day,
Charles
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