[Nix-dev] new font ttf-bitstream-vera-for-powerline

[Pablo Costa]

Hello!

There are many fonts licensed as free software which I think can be
distributed with no fear for patent/license issues. The DejaVu font
family [1] is one example.

The original post from Rok is about Bitstream Vera, on which the
DejaVu font family is based. The DejaVu license [2] explains the
redistribution and derivation terms; Basically the font can be altered
and redistributed freely as long as it is not referred to as
"Bitstream Vera" anymore (and in the case of DejaVu the name "Arev" is
also forbidden).

Perhaps the best move would be to patch DejaVu. I don't know the
nature of the changes, but if they can be useful for the font itself,
[1] explains (comparing to Bitstream Vera) that:

"The DejaVu fonts project was started with the aim to "provide a wider
range of characters... while maintaining the original look and feel
through the process of collaborative development". The development of
the fonts is done by many contributors, and is organized through a
wiki and a mailing list."

Cheers,
Pablo

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts
[2] http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=License


On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Cillian de Róiste
<cillian.deroiste at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Rok Garbas <rok at garbas.si> wrote:
> >
> > this font is patched ttf bitstream vera font, but patched for use of Powerline
> > (vim addon, https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline).
> >
> > https://gist.github.com/2852729
>
> Is this a bit dodgy?
>
> https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline/wiki/Patched-fonts
> "Because of possible licensing issues fonts will never be included in
> the main Powerline code repo. This page consists of user-contributed
> patched fonts for use with Powerline."
>
> Perhaps we also can't distribute this?
>
> Cheers,
> Cillian
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rok Garbas - http://www.garbas.si
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