> fonts-ubuntu is shipped by default on Ubuntu systems. It has significant reverse dependencies and cannot be uninstalled easily. Debian considers fonts-ubuntu to be “non-free” while Canonical disagrees.
I'm sorry, can you please link to where is written that "Canonical disagrees"? This is the first I'm reading about that Canonical interpretation, while in other issues... * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-licence/+bug/1167425 was marked as confirmed in 2013; * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-licence/+bug/769874 is still open with the understanding that it is a non-free license, and its 'fix' for debian was actually to mark the package as non-free (which we ow reverted here). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-ubuntu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754804 Title: "fonts-ubuntu" package is marked as non-free Status in Ubuntu Font Licence: New Status in fonts-ubuntu package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When using vrms, it shows fonts-ubuntu package (and ttf-ubuntu-font- family) as a non-free package. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: fonts-ubuntu 0.83-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Mar 10 09:16:29 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-15 (22 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180214) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: fonts-ubuntu UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-licence/+bug/1754804/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
