Its not a Ubuntu/Canonical issue we ship the source package for those fonts as is so if their is a issue its upstream but you can file a bug and we will look into it.
On Feb 13, 2013 10:28 PM, "King Beowulf" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/13/2013 12:49 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > > > > There's only a README file that directory. It says: > > > > -------------------------------------- > > License refused. > > > > Please reinstall the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package (e.g. via > > apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer > > to get prompted for the license again. > > -------------------------------------- > > You may want to consider open source fonts - no EULA, licenses, etc to > deal with. Don't forget: if you click YES to the EULA, you can legally > bound to comply with the Microsoft font usage restrictions. Instead, > Check out: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine > > and > > http://www.openfontlibrary.org/ > > In Libreoffice, you can go to "TOOLS - OPTIONS" then Libreoffice - > Fonts to define a font substitution table. > > You can also check out Bitstream Vera: > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ > The DejaVa fonts shipped with most linux distros are derivatives of > Vera: > http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bitstream_Vera_derivatives > > ><rant on> > >Aren't all these "improvements" wonderful? > ><rant off> > > You get want you pay for. Would you rather have Ubuntu/Canonical sued > of existence? I'm not a stickler for stripping my Linux installs > completely clear of all proprietary non F/OSS software. Some is useful > and provided with reasonable licensing (games, drivers, etc). But I try > to limit corporate intrusion if OSS alternatives are available. > > That's my 2 cents. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
