On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Kevin Goffe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I posted this in the Skin Development forum but haven't had an official > response > so I figured this might be a better platform to ask a bout this idea. > > We all know about font legalities and the official repo but what if skins > downloaded from there contain a basic, free font were able to download the > original/intended fonts via a script that shipped with the skin? > > What I'm looking to do here is create one version of Alaska so I don't have > maintain the current three as it's getting too time consuming, plus it'll > remove > the Alaska/Alaska Revisited Mod confusion. > > Thanks, > > Kev. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Xbmc-addons mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbmc-addons >
That's a grey area, and really one that I would prefer not to explore. What you're asking is "can I submit a skin that is capable of automatically downloading explicitly illegal/undistributable fonts?". The fundamental idea behind skins in the official repository is that they work out of the box. If there is an ugly font there by default, meant only as a place-holder, I would say that idea is not being upheld. In my opinion, a better use of our resources would be to start a free fonts campaign. Don't underestimate the size and ability of the xbmc community. I would be happy to do a post on xbmc.org detailing what is needed, how to help, and what the result would be. I'm willing to bet that some good fonts could come out of such a project (something along the lines of the android fonts). This could benefit far more than XBMC. Thoughts? Cory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Xbmc-addons mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbmc-addons
