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bug #47452: New URW++ Nimbus Release found in GhostScript repo?

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Submitted:  Fri 18 Mar 2016 03:38:23 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  overall font problem Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  legal/licensing/policy Status:  Need info
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  Stevan_White
Originator Email:  -email is unavailable- Open/Closed:  Open
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Sat 25 Jun 2016 06:16:30 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi!

As far as I know, (the Latin parts of) both Nimbus and FreeFont derive from the URW fonts.  They are separate projects now.

In these updates of Nimbus, do you see something that FreeFont lacks?

I think FreeFont can only take material GPLv3 things, excepting explicit permission from the authors.

Thanks!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Fri 18 Mar 2016 03:38:23 AM UTC, original submission:  

Looking at http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=urw-core35-fonts.git;a=summary, there seem to be a new Nimbus Release in Aug 2015.

The interesting part of the repo, though, is that its COPYING file shows AGPLv3. The history of the repo shows it was uploaded with version 1.05 in 2013. There is a git repo with OTF versions of the same new version too (http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/tor/urw-base-12.git;a=tree), but this one says GPLv2.

I am not sure if FreeFont can integrate this part of changes.

Anonymous

 

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