Re: [Freefont-bugs] license question - incorporate? bundle?

2018-12-04 Thread Steve White
Yes, that is correct. If you bundle GPL software with another software product, that product itself becomes GPL, and therefore that product and its sources must become freely available -- no longer proprietary. The "exception" specifically allows the font to be embedded in a document such as a PDF

Re: [Freefont-bugs] license question - incorporate? bundle?

2018-12-03 Thread Haksung Jang
Hi Steve, In spite of the GPL-3.0 with the "Exception", you mean we can not bundle an individual GnuFree font file as resources in a proprietary Android app, right? Thanks Haksung 2018년 12월 3일 (월) 오후 11:29에 Steve White 님이 작성: > Hi Haksung, > > An Android installer APK is software. If you deliv

Re: [Freefont-bugs] license question - incorporate? bundle?

2018-12-03 Thread Steve White
Hi Haksung, An Android installer APK is software. If you deliver the font (or any part of it) in an APK, then the APK and everything in it will fall under the GPL 3+ license, and must conform to GPL rules. Do I understand your intent correctly? Thanks! On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:40 PM Haksung J

[Freefont-bugs] license question - incorporate? bundle?

2018-12-03 Thread Haksung Jang
Hello, I'm going to use a GNU FreeFont for my android application (APK) through this way : https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/font-resource#bundled-font Font resources A font resource defines a custom font that you can use in your app. Fonts can be individual font files or a co