Hi Julien, Am Sonntag, den 10.01.2021, 07:28 -0500 schrieb Julien Lepiller: > I might be wrong, but I thought fonts were considered non-functional > data. If that's the case, isn't cc-by-nc-nd acceptable?
Not according to the FSDG: > [Non-functional data] can be included in a free system distribution > as long as its license gives you permission to copy and redistribute, > both for commercial and non-commercial purposes. IIUC CC BY-ND would be covered if we indeed consider fonts to be non- functional data, but not CC BY-NC and certainly not CC BY-NC-ND. It goes on to list a hypothetical example of a game map, which is somewhat ironic, considering that games more often disqualify themselves for the FSDG through the use of entirely non-free assets or assets rather than being GPL-incompatible through the use of assets, that don't allow derivative work. Of course, the former is a subset of the latter, but the point I'm trying to make here, is that the latter is sadly not even a concern for many (aspiring) game devs out there. It also reminds me, that I have yet to code up a fully GPL/FSDG- compatible game myself – I'll get there some day, I promise. TL;DR: Non-functional data is fine if it is commercially verbatim- copyable. Regards, Leo
