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Date:      Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:40:23 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        NAKATA Maho <chat95@mac.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/japanese Makefile ports/japanese/epson-ttfonts Makefile distinfo pkg-deinstall pkg-descr pkg-install pkg-plist ports/japanese/epson-ttfonts/files fonts.alias.epson fonts.dir.epson
Message-ID:  <20050322044023.GA6782@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050322.122143.41630130.chat95@mac.com>
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:21:43PM +0900, NAKATA Maho wrote:
> In Message-ID: <20050320.031618.59665365.hrs@allbsd.org>=20
> Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> >  No.  The EULA of this font set[*] requires the user to *have* the supp=
orted
> >  platforms, in this case, these are "Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP=
/Server
> >  2003 Japanese edition" and/or "Microsoft WindowsNT 3.51/4.0 Japanese e=
dition."
> >  Also, using this font set is allowed *within Japan only*.
> >=20
> >  [*] http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/download/dl_chuui.htm (in J=
apanese)
>=20
> Thank you very much for your notice! I haven't know about it.
> EULA seems to be much strict than=20
> http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/download2/printer/driver/win/page/ttf30.htm
> :(
> However, still we can use it if we have one of the OS you mentioned above,
> and if we are in Japan.
> okay I'll add message to mention these point to comply EULA.
>=20
> > I think these requirements are too restricted to import
> > this font set as a port.  Please think better of it.
>=20
> Is there any policy in FreeBSD ports in written form?
> If it is violating FreeBSD's policy on ports, I must delete it.

It seem to me that either forcing the user to download the files
themselves or requiring that they set a variable when building would
be sufficent.  The real issues, IMO, is that the EULA is suprisingly
restrictive and we should insure that a) we don't distribute the files
and b) we make a reasonable attempt to notify the user of the tricky
terms in the EULA.  After that I think we're OK.  After all, we have
ports of commercial software that only comes on CDs (staroffice).

-- Brooks

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