[Debian-in-workers] Bug#448727: Bug#448727: add new fonts released by ELCOT to ttf-tamil-fonts

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Soumyadip Modak said on Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 10:16:03AM +0530,:

 > On 11/1/07, Kartik Mistry <kartik.mistry at gmail.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > License is:
 > > http://elcot.in/tamilfonts_download.php
 > >
 > > "These fonts can be used freely and shared freely without any copy
 > > right restrictions for commercial and non commercial use. "
 > >
 > > To be decide whether this is DFSG-Free or not.
 > >
 > 
 > The only potential problem I see is that the license does not talk
 > about whether modifications can be made to the fonts without
 > restrictions. Otherwise the language looks similar to BSD/PD.

I wont classify that as a license statement. Moreover, one needs
an express statement  permitting modification; else modifications
cannot be allowed.

And that is not remotely BSDish; BSD license allows modifications.

But you better discuss this on debian-legal; I simply have no energy
to discuss this there. My prediction is that this is not DFSG free.
 

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