[Fedora-legal-list] Re: Eclipse licences for fonts
On 08/07/2017 01:16 PM, Peter Oliver wrote:
I'm considering packaging Airbus's B612 typeface
(https://www.polarsys.org/projects/polarsys.b612) for Fedora. It's
licenced under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution
License v. 1.0. Neither of these licences are listed on the good
licences for fonts list at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal_considerations_for_fonts#Approved_fo...,
but both are on the good licences for software list at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing#Good_Licenses.
Does this mean that these fonts can be acceptably included in Fedora?
The Eclipse license is a pretty odd choice for a font, but that fact not
withstanding, yes, fonts under those licenses are considered FOSS and
okay for Fedora.
~tom