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

[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Mahesh T. Pai (paivakil at gmail.com):
> 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.


At first glance, I would say that the quoted "license" is not exactly
a license but more a statement of intentions.

From the wording of ELCOT I would say that their *intent* is probably
to make the fonts available as widely as possible, without
restrictions. So, either a BSD-like, a GPL-like or the Open Font
License would qualify.

I think it would be more productive to suggest ELCOT people to choose
an existing license. There is a contact address on the given link: md at elcot.in

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