[Assist] ec fonts

[Ramana Kumar]

Any progress? What's the next step here?

On 14 October 2015 at 17:08, Michał Masłowski <mtjm at mtjm.eu> wrote:

> >>> I repeat this question one more time: Why does Parabola remove ec fonts
> >>> from its version of TexLive, and how is it being done exactly?
> >>> (So I can figure out how to patch them back in.)
> >>> There is no freedom-related reason for removing them. (See
> >>> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ecfonts.)
> >>
> >> ok, i'll fix it then
>
> Make sure the package complies with the license, it didn't before it was
> removed.  (This is a problem of Arch packaging, not upstream.)
>
> The other problem is that it includes code from otherwise nonfree fonts
> and we don't know if the author had permission to use them under a
> different license.
>
> > I suggest open a discussion (also for gnu lists) before put them back in
> > for better clarification.
>
> Don't, unknown license issues are ok.
>
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