Re: Add Microsoft Cascadia Code font?

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> writes:

> Am Sonntag, den 10.01.2021, 07:28 -0500 schrieb Julien Lepiller:
>> I might be wrong, but I thought fonts were considered non-functional
>> data. If that's the case, isn't cc-by-nc-nd acceptable?
>
> Not according to the FSDG:
>> [Non-functional data] can be included in a free system distribution
>> as long as its license gives you permission to copy and redistribute,
>> both for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
> IIUC CC BY-ND would be covered if we indeed consider fonts to be non-
> functional data, but not CC BY-NC and certainly not CC BY-NC-ND.

Also, fonts are specifically listed as an example of functional data
according to the FSDG:

>>> License Rules
>>>
>>> “Information for practical use” includes software, documentation, fonts,
>>> and other data that has direct functional applications.  It does not
>>> include artistic works that have an aesthetic (rather than functional)
>>> purpose, or statements of opinion or judgment.
>>>
>>> All information for practical use in a free distribution must be
>>> available in source form.  (“Source” means the form of the information
>>> that is preferred for making changes to it.)
>>>
>>> The information, and the source, must be provided under an
>>> appropriate free license.  [...]

<https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html>

     Regards,
       Mark