[Bug 2483] Review request: msttcore-fonts - TrueType core fonts for the web

https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2483 --- Comment #30 from Karel Volný <kvolny(a)redhat.com&gt; 2013-05-27 13:25:34 CEST --- (In reply to comment #29) don't beat me for inaccuracies, I'm not font expert, but I believe TTF fonts actually are treated as code because of some hinting stuff they include as code this may be a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType#Hinting_language some more evil brainstorm: 1) I (am not the only one to) believe we can distribute the fonts if we keep the original archives intact ... packing them together into a cpio archive with some metadata doesn't count as a modification, as it could be understood as a virtual filesystem they lay on, and there's no restriction whether you can put the files on fat, ext2 or cpio image ... 2) the problem is that before use (or, right after unpacking) you have to show EULA hmmm ... what if the rpm included the unmodified files and the script to install from them which would have to be run manually outside of rpm, plus the placeholders for all the files installed by the script? then you could use the package offline and won't break non-interactivity btw, I like Gentoo's approach - you (as the admin) just put a clause that you accept the particular license into the configfile, and you're set ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.