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want ms-ttf package on FTP



Please see the ms-ttf thread on tech-pkg in December 2004.

Some want ms-ttf package to be allowed on FTP for downloads.

The license indicates that you can't modify the fonts. I don't see this as 
a limitation to making it available especially since we don't already also 
set NO_SRC_ON_FTP. So I want to remove NO_BIN_ON_FTP.

The license indicates you can't sell the fonts as part of another product. 
Since we have know that some CDs are sold, maybe this should continue to 
use NO_BIN_ON_CDROM and NO_SRC_ON_CDROM.

The pkgsrc Guide says if you use that, then RESTRICTED should be set too.

But pkglint said "Restricted packages must have a LICENSE." But that means 
I must add it to ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES. According to the docs, this seems 
wrong since the LICENSE is for copyright issues and not redistribution 
issues. This is confusing. I want to remove the LICENSE (but I will still 
install the license file).

Again, we don't already set NO_SRC_ON_FTP and I want to remove the 
NO_BIN_ON_FTP and LICENSE restrictions.

Is this okay?

Please see the ms-ttf thread on tech-pkg in December 2004 about the 
discussion about licensing and distribution issues. Also I discussed this 
in Sept. 2004.

  Jeremy C. Reed



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