[Indlinux-group] [Debian-in-workers] Bug#395280: Please include the AnjaliOldLipi font in ttf-malayalam-fonts

[പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen]

2006/10/31, Evuraan::ഏവൂരാന് <evuraan at gmail.com>:
> "The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow
> them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the
> original software."
>
> Rachana did not allow modifications and derived works when AnjaliOldLipi
> came out -- Kevin had to start from scratch.
>

I don't know the details of why Rachana did not allow the
modifications.  But AFAIK when you say no rights reserved, it is
public domain. You cannot take a GPLed work and put it under public
domain.

> Wonder how this would affect Rachana's inclusion, as clearly there have
> been occassions in the past where DFSG was not followed by its maintainers.
>

Lets include both fonts and end the discussion.

Soumyadip,

As both the fonts comply with DFSG and are good go ahead and include
both. Let the users decide which font they want to use. There is no
point in discussing this any further.

Regards
Praveen
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