Thanks all. I will follow up on dev@heron to see what the community wants to do.
- Josh On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 4:09 PM Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 8, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >>> LICENSE is also missing the license for the trykker font and may be > missing other things. > >> > >> Good catch as that file was in the .rat-excludes. This font is Class B > and should not be included. Heron will need to find another Serif Font. > >> > >> https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web > > > > > > I think inclusion of fonts under the OFL may be a little more nuanced > than that. Generally you can’t include compiled code in a source release, a > binary font file may not be considered code and is unlikely to be modified, > so it may be possible to include this in a source release. Perhaps best to > ask on legal-discuss? > > I don’t consider an SVG based font to be strictly binary. It’s very opaque > source. You can certainly derive metrics easily. > > Sure it’s probably worth describing if there is a way to include these in > Source releases. Maybe the OFL 1.1 is more acceptable. > > > > > I know of several projects who do include OFL licensed fonts. A quick > search shows Atlas, Brooklyn, Cordova, ECharts, Falcon, Flex, Flink, > Geode, Hivemall, Jena, MyFaces, ShardingSphere, Solr, Superset, Syncope, > Taz, Usergrid, Wicket, Yetus, Zepplin and others mentioning it in their > LICENSE file. I’ve not checked if it in their source release but do know > that it is the case for some of these projects. Also possibly OFBiz. > > > > I recall this being discussed but can’t find the discussion and legal > JIRAs don’t seem much help other than to say its category B. [1][2] > > Let’s ask again on legal-discuss@ > > > > > But replacing it with a font under with a category A license is also an > option. > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > 1. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-380 > > 2. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-112 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Sent from A Mobile Device
