From: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@amd.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] LICENSES: Add SIL Open Font License 1.1
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:09:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC1cPGyLGEwMBRGhwoGmGBeM8qTbuuUsbeZTiiMNUvk4MT75Gw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231102120053.30630-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 8:01 AM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Add the license text along with appropriate tags for reference and
> tooling. The text is taken from the text as distributed in Google
> Fonts's zip files.
>
> As the license itself may or may note be compatible with GPLv2,
> let's take on the err side and require combining it with
> GPL-compatible licenses when using the license.
I don't really understand this, though maybe it doesn't practically matter -
"It's best to use it together
+ with a GPL2 compatible license using "OR", as OFL-1.1 texts processed by
+ the kernel's build system might combine it with content taken from more
+ restrictive licenses."
I didn't check if this text is just copied from that in other license files.
I'm not sure how this would actually come up in practice for OFL-1.1.
I assume that typically the way OFL-1.1 can cover stuff in the kernel
is through font files, and that therefore it would be unlikely for a
source file to include any code covered by OFL-1.1. Indeed, as you
say:
> + Do NOT use this license for code, but it's acceptable for fonts (where the
> + license is specifically written for them). It's best to use it together
Even if that did occur, the use of `OR` is only appropriate if the
stuff covered by OFL-1.1 is actually dual-licensed.
I think it should be beyond dispute that OFL-1.1 is incompatible with
the GPL (over at the Fedora project we don't even classify it as a
FOSS license), not that that is likely to matter for the kernel.
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-02 14:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20231102120053.30630-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
2023-11-02 12:00 ` [PATCH RFC 1/4] LICENSES: Add SIL Open Font License 1.1 Bagas Sanjaya
2023-11-02 14:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-11-03 8:11 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-11-03 8:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-11-04 0:53 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-11-04 9:52 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-11-05 23:40 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-11-02 14:09 ` Richard Fontana [this message]
2023-11-03 8:20 ` Bagas Sanjaya
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