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Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?
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Leo Prikler |
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Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font? |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:09:03 +0100 |
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Hi Julien,
Am Sonntag, den 10.01.2021, 07:28 -0500 schrieb Julien Lepiller:
> I might be wrong, but I thought fonts were considered non-functional
> data. If that's the case, isn't cc-by-nc-nd acceptable?
Not according to the FSDG:
> [Non-functional data] can be included in a free system distribution
> as long as its license gives you permission to copy and redistribute,
> both for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
IIUC CC BY-ND would be covered if we indeed consider fonts to be non-
functional data, but not CC BY-NC and certainly not CC BY-NC-ND.
It goes on to list a hypothetical example of a game map, which is
somewhat ironic, considering that games more often disqualify
themselves for the FSDG through the use of entirely non-free assets or
assets rather than being GPL-incompatible through the use of assets,
that don't allow derivative work. Of course, the former is a subset of
the latter, but the point I'm trying to make here, is that the latter
is sadly not even a concern for many (aspiring) game devs out there.
It also reminds me, that I have yet to code up a fully GPL/FSDG-
compatible game myself – I'll get there some day, I promise.
TL;DR: Non-functional data is fine if it is commercially verbatim-
copyable.
Regards,
Leo
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, (continued)
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Leo Prikler, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Yasuaki Kudo, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Julien Lepiller, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, yasu, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?,
Leo Prikler <=
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Julien Lepiller, 2021/01/10
- Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?, Mark H Weaver, 2021/01/10