Re: [ft-devel] FreeType licenses again
Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org writes: I strongly dislike that. I don't consider a font which has been processed with FreeType (or ttfautohint) a `redistribution in binary form'. The FTL has never been meant to apply on such cases. Additionally, I want to make the bytecode created by ttfautohint freely available. Hmm isn't this exactly the same as with any other compiler? Obviously gcc, for instance, very intentionally does not add any licensing restrictions to object files it outputs; how does it handle the issue in its license? I know there's the GCC Runtime Library Exception to handle the (more straight-forward) case of the runtime library; is the issue explicitly addressed anywhere? -Miles -- `To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems' --Homer J. Simpson ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
Re: [ft-devel] FreeType licenses again
hmm http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-faq.html -- Quack, n. A murderer without a license. ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
Re: [ft-devel] FreeType licenses again
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-faq.html Thanks for the link. I've now added the following to ttfautohint's COPYING file, based on similar paragraphs from GNU packages: In addition, as a special exception to both the FreeType (FTL) and GNU General Public License (GPL), the copyright holder of ttfautohint gives you unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the bytecode that gets embedded in the fonts processed by ttfautohint. You need not follow the terms of the FTL or GPL when using or distributing such bytecode, even though portions of the text of ttfautohint appear in them. The FTL or GPL (depending on your choice) does govern all other use of the material that constitutes ttfautohint. This special exception to the FTL and GPL applies to versions of ttfautohint released by the copyright holder of ttfautohint. Note that people who make modified versions of ttfautohint are not obligated to grant this special exception for their modified versions; it is their choice whether to do so. Both the FTL and the GPL give permission to release a modified version without this exception; this exception also makes it possible to release a modified version which carries forward this exception. Werner ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel
