On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:00:28 +0930 Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> said:

> 
> >> - Are the fonts for the shot module redistributable?  BD_Cartoon_Shout.ttf
> >>   and Suplexmentary_Comic_NC.ttf claim All rights reserved.  The homepage
> >> info for ComiquitaSans.ttf is wrong or defunct.  (see strings *.ttf | grep
> >> -Ei 'reserved|copyright')  I couldn't find any info about
> >> FuturaHandwritten.ttf.
> > 
> > found them! :) in my history
> > 
> > https://fontmeme.com/fonts/comiquita-sans-font/
> >  free for commercial use (that would allow redistribution etc.)
> > https://fontmeme.com/fonts/bd-cartoon-shout-font/
> >  also free for commercial use - use any way you like
> > https://fontmeme.com/fonts/futura-handwritten-font/
> >  also free for commercial use
> > https://fontmeme.com/fonts/futura-handwritten-font/
> >  same again
> > 
> > i'm going off the advertised "free for commercial use" which would say to
> > me we can redistribute it - it's not limiting usage to just personal use
> > which is the common "free but we can't redistribute that" box.
> 
> Oh, please don't I mean really seriously don't, please use something
> under a spdx license like OFL otherwise distro's will just drop them
> Debian because they are debian and will drop anything without a good
> license fedora is probably the same, i'll drop them from openSUSE
> because I can't be bothered waiting 2-3 months for a lawyer to agree
> with you.
> 
> Especially given that within 10 minutes of searching
> 
> https://fontesk.com/license/ofl-gpl/ and
> https://fontlibrary.org/en/search?license=OFL%20(SIL%20Open%20Font%20License)&order=

Well at least that was helpful ... i've replaced them with SIL licensed fonts
and made it explicit in COPYING as to their status and source. not sure it can
be much clearer.

> you'll find plenty of alternatives that are licensed in ways that are
> much much easier for us to work with at a distro level.
> 
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