Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Version: 3.2
Severity: normal

Hello,

I came across an exe archive at CERN[1] including the MSFT fonts and the 
License.

Their version provide a monotype.ttf font that is not included in this package. 
That font is not listed at http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/

You can find the original files on the CERN FTP:

[1] ftp://root.cern.ch/root/ttf/corfonts.exe

Actually, I think using that source might even be more convenient, as
it would allow to drop the dependency on cabextract by simply using
unzip and download a single file.  I'm not sure about the legal
implications, but the CERN "distribute" them already, don't they?
Moreover the fonts are all over the place and make it easier for web
designers to work, so I don't see Microsoft suing anyone on that
ground; and for Debian, it doesn't change a thing.

==
hk

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to 
en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ttf-mscorefonts-installer depends on:
ii  cabextract                    1.2-3      a program to extract Microsoft Cab
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  defoma                        0.11.10-4  Debian Font Manager -- automatic f
ii  wget                          1.12-1.1   retrieves files from the web
ii  xfonts-utils                  1:7.5+2    X Window System font utility progr

Versions of packages ttf-mscorefonts-installer recommends:
ii  ttf-liberation         1.05.2.20091019-4 Fonts with the same metrics as Tim
ii  x-ttcidfont-conf       32                TrueType and CID fonts configurati

ttf-mscorefonts-installer suggests no packages.

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