Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:40:23 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: NAKATA Maho <chat95@mac.com> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/japanese Makefile ports/japanese/epson-ttfonts Makefile distinfo pkg-deinstall pkg-descr pkg-install pkg-plist ports/japanese/epson-ttfonts/files fonts.alias.epson fonts.dir.epson Message-ID: <20050322044023.GA6782@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050322.122143.41630130.chat95@mac.com> References: <200503191113.j2JBDgh1001121@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050320.031618.59665365.hrs@allbsd.org> <20050322.122143.41630130.chat95@mac.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:21:43PM +0900, NAKATA Maho wrote: > In Message-ID: <20050320.031618.59665365.hrs@allbsd.org> > Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > > No. The EULA of this font set[*] requires the user to *have* the supported > > platforms, in this case, these are "Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Server > > 2003 Japanese edition" and/or "Microsoft WindowsNT 3.51/4.0 Japanese edition." > > Also, using this font set is allowed *within Japan only*. > > > > [*] http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/download/dl_chuui.htm (in Japanese) > > Thank you very much for your notice! I haven't know about it. > EULA seems to be much strict than > http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/download2/printer/driver/win/page/ttf30.htm > :( > However, still we can use it if we have one of the OS you mentioned above, > and if we are in Japan. > okay I'll add message to mention these point to comply EULA. > > > I think these requirements are too restricted to import > > this font set as a port. Please think better of it. > > Is there any policy in FreeBSD ports in written form? > If it is violating FreeBSD's policy on ports, I must delete it. It seem to me that either forcing the user to download the files themselves or requiring that they set a variable when building would be sufficent. The real issues, IMO, is that the EULA is suprisingly restrictive and we should insure that a) we don't distribute the files and b) we make a reasonable attempt to notify the user of the tricky terms in the EULA. After that I think we're OK. After all, we have ports of commercial software that only comes on CDs (staroffice). -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCP6G3XY6L6fI4GtQRAi/WAKDd6O6zfigZZaFXuir/sUQ7viVZ+ACeIVpR YZpeO82ExRH2pxsQEw5luzs= =vr2m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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