[Dev] License proposal to use URW fonts with special exception for another embedded files as SVG

[coadde]

Hi all i'm Márcio Silva, one of the Parabola distro hackers [0] and i
would propose you a license for URW fonts with special exception for
another embedded files as SVG to be used in our main distro logo [1],
but i reported a issue about it on our labs [2]
Current license from Ghostscript for URW fonts has as special exception
for embedded files, but for Postscript or PDF files only, however there
are another useful embedded files that could be used under a special
exception too as SVG, mentioned above.
I reported it to Ghostscript devs, but Artifex do not own the copyright
to the URW fonts and cannot vary the licence *at all*.[3]
Otherwise, Ken Sharp suggest me contact you about it [4], therefore my
suggestion is propose use GPL font exception to solve it.

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original license used in Ghostscript [5][6]:
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Additionally, the font files (in Resource/Font) are distributed
under the AGPL with the following exemption:

As a special exception, permission is granted to include these font
programs in a Postscript or PDF file that consists of a document that
contains text to be displayed or printed using this font, regardless
of the conditions or license applying to the document itself.

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use GPL font exception [6][7][8]:
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Additionally, the font files (in Resource/Font) are distributed
under the AGPL with the following exemption:

As a special exception, if you create a document which uses this font,
and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into the
document, this font does not by itself cause the resulting document to
be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not
however invalidate any other reasons why the document might be covered
by the GNU General Public License. If you modify this font, you may
extend this exception to your version of the font, but you are not
obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception
statement from your version.

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[0]:https://www.parabola.nu/people/hackers/#coadde
[1]:https://projects.parabola.nu/artwork.git/plain/logotipo%20color.svg?h=official/2013-originals
[2]:https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/797
[3]:http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696190#c1
[4]:http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696190#c3
[5]http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=blob_plain;f=LICENSE
[6]http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=tree;f=Resource/Font
[7]https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLFonts
[8]https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException

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