[systemd-devel] [RFC 05/12] gfx: add sd-gfx library with unifont section

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sun, 01.12.13 10:05, David Herrmann (dh.herrmann at gmail.com) wrote:

> I'm fine with installing the file into the system, but I doubt we win
> much. It's meant as fallback for early-boot, initrd and so on. If we
> keep it separate, we must make sure to include it in any systems we
> build (initrd, containers, vms, ..). So if there's no reason beside
> license issues, I'd like to keep it built-in.
> 
> > So if it is acceptable for systemd-gfx *binary* to be GPLv2+ licensed,
> > we could use the system unifont.hex file at build time, and actually
> > link it into the binary. I propose that we try to go this way.
> 
> That's what I currently do.
> 
> > Or we could have the package also contain the converted font in appropriate
> > format, and mmap it at runtime. But this is more complex, and doesn't actually
> > avoid the licensing issue, since the font would still be GPLv2+.
> 
> Where is the difference between build-time linking and mmap()?
> (regarding licensing)
> Also, where's the point of keeping libsystemd-gfx.so LGPL just to have
> a *mandatory* dependency which is GPL?

I think embedding the thing into our binary in question is the best
choice here. I don't see any license problems, and it's certainly the
fastest and most robust thing to do...

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat