[Nix-dev] Re: Proprietary fonts not installed by default

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Tony White <tonywhite100 at googlemail.com> writes:

> 2009/7/8 Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org>:

[...]

>> A font that's only "available for free[*] download and free to use for
>> personal or/and commercial projects" (which is roughly what the
>> Microsoft Core Fonts EULA provides) does not provide all 4 freedoms.

[...]

> OK so most of the fonts on that page have a vague "Free" License or no
> distribute license, however there are a few on there that are, as you
> point out, are free as in speech.

You are right.  This website is interested primarily in gratis fonts,
but some of the fonts it lists happen to be also "free" in the sense
that they respect the 4 freedoms.

Thanks,
Ludo'.