20 Jan
2013
20 Jan
'13
11:25 a.m.
Ok, thanks for the feedback, and it's what I assumed would be the case and my reason for asking. I did wonder why there were packages in the AUR that linked to content without, apparently, having appropriate rights. To confirm that I understand this correctly: On 20/01/13 08:45, Xyne wrote: > The PKGBUILD does not contain the fonts so it is not distribution. The > fonts are downloaded directly by the user when the package is built. > Unless the source of those files is somehow illegal (e.g. privately > hosted non-free files that the host may not legally distribute) then > there is no problem. Regards, Xyne A PKGBUILD may link to legal sources, so for an Apple font package to be legal, its sources must be. I get that. But the sources I used are those in use by packages already in AUR so, if they aren't legal sources, this would make the existing AUR packages (macfonts and ttf-mac-fonts) bad too, right ? So to review the legality of the package we need to look at its sources: On 20/01/13 04:27, Kirill Churin wrote: > This package source links: > http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA — illegal > http://invisible-**files.googlecode.com/files/**ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz<http://invisible-files.googlecode.com/files/ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz> > — > illegal > https://macbuntu.svn.**sourceforge.net/svnroot/**macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts<https://macbuntu.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts> > — > illegal 1. http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA This is from package 'macfonts' in the AUR. From what I can tell it originated from http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz via http://korben.info//des-polices-mac-sur-ubuntu.html who copied it onto a file host at http://ompldr.org/vNXFlNA. The source at http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com is no longer available. 2. http://invisible-files.googlecode.com/files/ttf-mac-fonts.tar.gz This is indirectly from package 'ttf-mac' in the AUR. It isn't in the package itself but is directly linked from the URL given in the PKGBUILD's 'pkgdesc' entry (https://github.com/GutenYe/aur/tree/master/ttf-mac: at the bottom, there is a link "Wow, It's too complex, it there a easy way? sure, you can find a download link at http://code.google.com/p/invisible-files/downloads/list"). 3. https://macbuntu.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/macbuntu/Macbuntu/fonts This is from package 'ttf-mac-fonts' in the AUR. This one presents the "Safari For Windows" license as applicable to this which I doubt is relevant. I would say that, from a legality viewpoint, package 'ttf-mac' is the cleanest as it doesn't install anything without additional work on behalf of the user to provide licensed content themselves (although it does indirectly link to a dubious way of obtaining that content). The other, however, I would suggest are somewhat dubious and should, perhaps, be removed? As I can't vouch for the sources used by the AUR packages that I based my package on, I won't publish my package to the AUR. Many thanks for your comment and apologies if I've opened a can of worms ;) John