On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 01:34:06PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:13 AM Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 03:34:20AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 11:07, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 06:42:47PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > > > According to the Kconfig entry, > > > > > drivers/video/fonts/nimbus_sans_l_regular.ttf > > > > > is licensed under GPL v3. > > > > > > > > > > How the license is handled when U-Boot is compiled with > > > > > CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_NIMBUS=y ? > > > > > > > > > > I am asking this since many companies, I guess, > > > > > have GPL-v3 allergy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > config CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_NIMBUS > > > > > bool "Nimbus Sans Regular" > > > > > depends on CONSOLE_TRUETYPE > > > > > default y > > > > > help > > > > > Nimbus Sans L is a version of Nimbus Sans using Adobe font > > > > > sources. > > > > > It was designed in 1987. A subset of Nimbus Sans L were > > > > > released > > > > > under the GPL. Although the characters are not exactly the > > > > > same, > > > > > Nimbus Sans L has metrics almost identical to Helvetica and > > > > > Arial. > > > > > (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) > > > > > From: https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/nimbus-sans-l > > > > > License: GNU GPL v3 > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html > > > > > > > > It's a good question. I suspect the answer is that we should drop that > > > > font as I don't know if you can combine "GPLv2 only" and "GPLv2 or > > > > later" with "GPLv3". > > > > > > Yes, agreed. Can we find another similar font? > > Is it important to have a *similar* font? > > We have 3 more fonts in drivers/video/fonts/, > so they should be functional at least. > > The license incompatibility is a more fatal problem. > So, we should drop this font as soon as possible. > > When _we_ find nice fonts, we can add them later. > It is desirable, but not important.
Agreed. Simon, do you want me to remove it, or do you want to send a patch to remove it? Thanks! -- Tom
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