tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post4878000067173246618..comments2008-06-21T15:34:54.470-06:00Andrew Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108637160465346326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-68153050016362615982008-06-21T15:34:00.000-06:002008-06-21T15:34:00.000-06:00Beuc: The <A HREF="http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec" REL="nofollow">script</A> on http://corefonts.sourceforge.net downloads the fonts from the sourceforge website, not the microsoft web site. Also, without the script, you can download the same fonts from SF, which discriminates against hosting non-open-source software.Andrew Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108637160465346326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-14467387185849896802008-06-20T03:23:00.000-06:002008-06-20T03:23:00.000-06:00Thanks for the explanations!<BR/><BR/>One note though: Arial/Times/etc. are not "open source". The corefonts project itself is, but it's a script to download the microsoft fonts from the microsoft website by the end user.<BR/><BR/>You can see that Debian classifies corefonts as "contrib", which means it's free software that depends on non-free parts.<BR/><BR/>The copyright file says "This package is not part of the Debian GNU/Linux system but located in the contrib section. This is because it's not functional in and of itself but depends on downloading the fonts which are not under a free licence."<BR/>http://packages.debian.org/sid/msttcorefontsBeuchttp://www.beuc.net/noreply@blogger.com