[aur-general] New PKGBUILD for consideration "ttf-apple"

Kirill Churin reflexing at reflexing.ru
Sun Jan 20 03:55:46 EST 2013


On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca> wrote:

> Kirill Churin wrote:
>
> >No, it is not. It's illegal to redistribute Apple fonts, just like
> >Microsoft fonts.
>
> 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
>
>
Aren't mentioned links "privately hosted non-free files
that the host may not legally distribute"?

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Kirill Churin
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