[Libreoffice-ux-advise] including Ubuntu fonts in Windows/OSX installers

[Rene Engelhard]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:56:29AM -0600, Adolfo Jayme Barrientos wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org> wrote:
> > I don't. Distro specific font... They can ship it if they want.
> 
> What does it mean “distro-specific”?

"Ubuntu fonts". If it wasn't distro-specific it wouldn't be called "Ubuntu fonts"
in the first place.

> > Yeah, For that reason it's /supposed to be in) non-free in Debian, see
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603157.
> >
> > We shouldn't include non-free stuff here.
> 
> Yeah, it’s considered “non-free” by Debian, but we can apply the same
> logic to the other “non-free” fonts added to LibreOffice, such as Open
> Sans, Source {Code|Sans} Pro and PT Serif. But instead of removing

Err, you want to tell me we already have them in the sources?

> these from shipping in LibreOffice, Debian packaging should be the
> place where these fonts are removed. Because its *Debian policy* which
> should not obstaculize LibreOffice from shipping fonts to Windows.

Erm, you forgot this is a OSS project (aka "free software" for those who
don't like "free"[1]). So we must not ship them either.

Everyone who wants custom installers with that crap can add it *themselves*.

Regards,

Rene

[1] free as in beer.