Hi.
I'd like to package Ume-fonts[*]. Unfortunately, I cannot find appropriate license name in good licenses list on the wiki. I thought it is simple "as-is" but I cannot see such record - are my eyes just tired or is it really missing?
[*] https://osdn.jp/projects/ume-font/
For the full text from umefont_580.tar.xz/license.html see below.
K.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UmeFont license (In English) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is common license of the UmeFont family. UmeFont family provides the following fonts:
* Ume Gothic * Ume Gothic C4 * Ume Gothic S4 * Ume Gothic O5 * Ume Gothic C5 * Ume Gothic S5 * Ume P Gothic * Ume P Gothic C4 * Ume P Gothic S4 * Ume P Gothic O5 * Ume P Gothic C5 * Ume P Gothic S5 * Ume UI Gothic * Ume UI Gothic O5 * Ume Mincho * Ume Mincho S3 * Ume P Mincho * Ume P Mincho S3
These fonts are free software. Unlimited permission is granted to use, copy, and distribute it, with or without modification, either commercially and noncommercially. THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.
On 31/12/15 14:30, Karel Volný wrote:
These fonts are free software. Unlimited permission is granted to use, copy, and distribute it, with or without modification, either commercially and noncommercially. THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.
I would say without doubt that this is an example of a lax permissive free software licence.
I'd like to package Ume-fonts[*]. Unfortunately, I cannot find appropriate license name in good licenses list on the wiki. I thought it is simple "as-is" but I cannot see such record - are my eyes just tired or is it really missing?
‘As is’ is about liability, not rights, so it does not affect whether the licence is free / libre (thus OK for Fedora) or not.
I am not familiar with Fedora packaging policy, but if we need to procrusteanate every unique permissive licence to one of the ‘Good licenses’ [0] for reference purpose, then ‘CopyrightOnly’ [1] seems to fit best, but not ideally.
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Good_Licenses [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:CopyrightOnly
Hi,
I'd like to package Ume-fonts[*]. Unfortunately, I cannot find appropriate license name in good licenses list on the wiki. I thought it is simple "as-is" but I cannot see such record - are my eyes just tired or is it really missing?
‘As is’ is about liability, not rights, so it does not affect whether the licence is free / libre (thus OK for Fedora) or not.
ok; somehow I thought the "as-is" designation is used for public domain-like stuff where it isn't in public domain by the law but the author wishes it to be like public domain ... my bad
I am not familiar with Fedora packaging policy, but if we need to procrusteanate every unique permissive licence to one of the ‘Good licenses’ [0] for reference purpose, then ‘CopyrightOnly’ [1] seems to fit best, but not ideally.
[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Good_Licenses [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:CopyrightOnly
in this case, it doesn't even request the copyright notice ... but if this one is usable as an approximation, I'd happily go with that as we're going to refer to the author/source anyways
K.
Karel Volný wrote on 12/31/2015 08:30 PM:
Hi. I'd like to package Ume-fonts[*]. Unfortunately, I cannot find appropriate license name in good licenses list on the wiki. I thought it is simple "as-is" but I cannot see such record - are my eyes just tired or is it really missing? [*] https://osdn.jp/projects/ume-font/ For the full text from umefont_580.tar.xz/license.html see below.
K.
UmeFont license (In English)
This is common license of the UmeFont family. UmeFont family provides the following fonts:
* Ume Gothic * Ume Gothic C4 * Ume Gothic S4 * Ume Gothic O5 * Ume Gothic C5 * Ume Gothic S5 * Ume P Gothic * Ume P Gothic C4 * Ume P Gothic S4 * Ume P Gothic O5 * Ume P Gothic C5 * Ume P Gothic S5 * Ume UI Gothic * Ume UI Gothic O5 * Ume Mincho * Ume Mincho S3 * Ume P Mincho * Ume P Mincho S3These fonts are free software. Unlimited permission is granted to use, copy, and distribute it, with or without modification, either commercially and noncommercially. THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.
As I wrote on the review request, this is mplus. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Mplus?rd=Licensing/mplus
The upstream says that the license is the same as M+ fonts: https://osdn.jp/projects/ume-font/lists/archive/info/2009-May/000214.html (the above URL is in Japanese)
Regards, Mamoru
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Dmitry Alexandrov -
Karel Volný -
Mamoru TASAKA