Bug#385990: (forw) Bug#385990: [Debian-in-workers] Bug#385990: ttf-malayalam-fonts: Add another font to the package

[Soumyadip Modak]

As far as I remember, I received a mail from the original developers of
RacOtf who claim it is GPL-ed. I'll hunt up the mail and forward it. I plan
to include it in the next big upgrade of ttf-indic-fonts (I'm sorry I can't
do it right now, since my home DSL is down). If Christian does decide to do
an NMU to include Anjali Old Lipi, that'll be great :)

Sorry for top posting, but I included a couple of people who I feel should
be kept in the loop.


On 12/18/06, Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> wrote:
>
> (trying to solve an issue in Debian with fonts for the Malayalam
> language, one of the official languages in India. This language uses
> its own script. Debian Installer is now translated in Malayalam but we
> have problems to display Malayalam in D-I due to #403404)
>
> Please keep at least myself CC'ed to answers...this mail is CC'ed to
> several people, some being "upstream" for one font we consider to use)
>
> Quoting Mahesh T. Pai (paivakil at gmail.com):
> > Package: ttf-malayalam-fonts
> > Version: 1:0.4.7.1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> >
> > Anjali Old Lipi font is a good replacement for RacOtf.ttf. Last time I
> > heard of it, somebody representing the upstream had asked the creator
> > of Anjali Old Lipi font to desist from fixing some encoding bugs in
> > RacOtf.ttf. The result of this demand was creation of the Anjali Old
> > Lipi font.
> >
> > Whether you remove RacOtf or not, Anjali is a good font,
> > typographically.
> >
> > The font is available from
> > http://indulekha.com/AnjaliOldLipi-0.730.ttf (Note:- that is NOT the
> > upstream site).
>
> I could include it in a next NMU of ttf-indic-fonts, aimed at fixing
> #403404, caused by errors in the Rachana font.
>
> My conclusion currently, about Malayalam fonts is:
>
> -The Rachana font (Racotf04) could have potential licensing
> issues. See http://bugs.debia.org/385990 for background
> -It definitely has technical issues
> -Anjali Old Lipi is a suitable replacement font according to Malayalam
> speakers
>
> However, the licensing of that font is pretty scarce. All what we have
> is:
>
> Credit to Kevin & Siji, 2004. No rights reserved.
>
> Upstream for this font seems to be http://varamozhi.sourceforge.net
> where the license is said to be GPL.
>
> debian-legal people, do you have any advice about this being enough to
> be considered "free"?
>
>
> People from the varamomzhi project on SourceForge, could you clarify
> the license for the Anjali Old Lipi font?
>
> Many thanks in advance for all your answers.
>
>
>
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