[Nix-dev] Proprietary fonts not installed by default

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès wrote:

> In r16253, in `modular-nixos', I turned `fonts.enableCoreFonts' to
> `false' by default, instead of `true'.  My attention had been drawn to
> this package by the vision of `.exe', `.dll', and similar file names
> while doing `nixos-rebuild'.
> 
> My opinion is that NixOS should not install non-free data, nor even
> non-free software by default.  If we can reach a consensus on that, of
> if the maintainer is OK to enforce it, then it's great.  Otherwise, I
> think we should make sure it's a least easy to choose whether to use
> proprietary data/software when installing NixOS.

My main concern is whether we have some decent-looking fonts in a default
installation.  Without the Core fonts we only have Bitstream Vera and the GNU
FreeFont (which may be enough - not sure).  I personally don't have major
problems with the Core fonts license, given that it's a "leaf" dependency
(nothing else depends on it, so it's easy to get rid of for users who want a
fully free OS).

It might be nice to have an option to disable the use of all non-free packages
(such as the NVIDIA drivers).

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/