[Nix-dev] Proprietary fonts not installed by default

[Armijn Hemel]

On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 16:55 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In r16253, in `modular-nixos', I turned `fonts.enableCoreFonts' to
> `false' by default, instead of `true'.  My attention had been drawn to
> this package by the vision of `.exe', `.dll', and similar file names
> while doing `nixos-rebuild'.
> 
> My opinion is that NixOS should not install non-free data, nor even
> non-free software by default.  If we can reach a consensus on that, of
> if the maintainer is OK to enforce it, then it's great.  Otherwise, I
> think we should make sure it's a least easy to choose whether to use
> proprietary data/software when installing NixOS.
> 
> What do you think?

I agree. Packages that are not allowed to be redistributed should not be
in public nix-channels either.

armijn

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