Font licenses in most libre games are questionable
Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 22:17
I've just noticed that basically any libre game actually contains non-free fonts. E.g. the DejaVu font, whose license states:
no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by itself.
Which makes it non-free. Just some Game that are affected:
How did these toxic fonts make its way into free projects? Is there no free alternative?
I think there are basically no free games now, except for ones that don't use fonts.
EDIT:
Or is this considered a permissible restriction? Could anyone find a citation of some authority saying this is okay?
no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by itself.
Which makes it non-free. Just some Game that are affected:
How did these toxic fonts make its way into free projects? Is there no free alternative?
I think there are basically no free games now, except for ones that don't use fonts.
EDIT:
Or is this considered a permissible restriction? Could anyone find a citation of some authority saying this is okay?