[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#744333: Bug#744333: Bug#744333: fonts-cmu: cm-unicode sources are not included in your package

Christian PERRIER bubulle at debian.org
Sun Apr 13 07:31:39 UTC 2014


severity 744333 wishlist
thanks

I really should use a spellchecker..;-)

> 
> Quoting Samuel Bronson (naesten at gmail.com):
> > Package: fonts-cmu
> > Version: 0.7.0-2
> > Severity: serious
> > User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: source-is-missing
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Your package seems to include some files that lack source in the
> > prefered form for modification.
> > 
> > [all of the font files, which according to the README were built using
> > some scripts]
> > 
> > According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2: 
> >  "The program must include source code, and must allow distribution 
> >   in source code as well as compiled form.".
> 
> 
> Font files, as provided in this package, allow modification. There is
> nothing in the DFSG that enforces the use of the original format used
> by upstream (which in many cases involves using non-free tools).
> 
> See Norbert arguments for details but this bug is in no way release
> critical.
> 
> 



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