[Nix-dev] Re: Proprietary fonts not installed by default

[Tony White]

2009/7/9 Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>:
> Ludovic Courtčs wrote:
>> ludo at gnu.org (Ludovic Courtčs) writes:
>>
>>> Actually we already have them (thanks to Michael), under the name
>>> `redhat-liberation'.
>>
>> I changed the name to match the upstream name, i.e.,
>> `liberation-fonts-1.04', and added them to the default font set in
>> `modular-nixos'.
>
> Thanks :-)
>
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Hi,
Yes, I'm not sure that NASA would agree about the space rocket
blueprints being freely distributable, etc but it is a fun analogy. :)

As far as the European distributions not including patented software,
I can name two right off the bat. Ubuntu. Patented stuff is in the
restricted repos and not installed by default. (Ubuntu was from the
Isle of Man UK, That's where I got their first release CDs delivered
from for free. Dunno if Mr Shuttleworth/Canonical is based there.)
Mandriva. Based in Paris France. Freetype2 disabled by default in qt
and cripped freetype2 install by default. They offer fluendo to obtain
licenses for codecs. Mandriva users use plf repos to obtain
potentially patent afflicted software binaries also.
I think maybe also Opensuse users use pacman or guru repos to obtain
said binaries but I haven't used suse since the Microsoft deal.
mscorefonts are definitely not installed by default but offered as a
recommended online update.

There are lots of (Better) fonts to use instead of mscorefonts IMO and
the patent thing is somewhat of a legal minefield, in some cases.

Thanks,

Tony