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

[G Karunakar]

On 11/1/07, Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

whats the scope of such 'read-only' fonts, going into non-free repository?

Karunakar