From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88525C4332F for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2023 08:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235783AbjKCIUr (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2023 04:20:47 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34898 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232184AbjKCIUp (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2023 04:20:45 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x62d.google.com (mail-pl1-x62d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::62d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3F2C123; Fri, 3 Nov 2023 01:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1cc330e8f58so14953955ad.3; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:20:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1698999642; x=1699604442; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=hzIuuzO3uYHLPMAhKmKgXl6SVxtXUKy5EFHDGv0rKEs=; b=fRbU1EaYSZQxiSWNORlvfdLactCu4AIqfWQQh+Ms6ma1Cm28m1JCtc/jcyKv9AcZl0 uHEQ8DJdSksJJnwPHb+7gxmlZX2ic3US89T8x4QeaSgI4TDfFSfehj5r6bOGCF94poOR YDQewlsEnYkz90fL6WCk5Ts+pzZaE2hJSskgsZ7vCok4yVCunplRHeQa5BNs3ye9DvVu +NIMTOmPYOBiQL8c5eODoreE73wsSJGAyhbq/UFK7JvQnQhMHOJJ3M/IsnLFRUsuKqjo mRKFlsD9YIP5+Ufs7QKOVbzMFe9jikNbKcDjyHO8S6DfJZEFTP3sK2ItdNdn4FiB5mQm udoA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1698999642; x=1699604442; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=hzIuuzO3uYHLPMAhKmKgXl6SVxtXUKy5EFHDGv0rKEs=; b=IvWMLRBzJa/UvNnvPAiEMMDBfTU79aHQmG6xmcArHX2PNQoT5sbN51I7YgvBbnCCsz YMu6KAAvPV+KQJmx/vNVpv2hrRW45vmqepD4Khd4NETl34PLkKOybDrJNrlWrN2L63jK x8R5TA4bG0uyvuIFSkzhq4Wpa2n6cc1OsRT9SDsMfleywtC1QaBqUnE5HLKkaf/MqZYt xwF/yqSz8PhkN1yl7laICsgTlPIYtJsaBaUBJh0mKoo4NVuaV9Zh/9NWjIyd+NSzmyO8 STu2qhgKr7bAYSBEPk8pIW157tfr+LOKv3j49+JPC9/jjXYx49ffIDcOgMbM5mal0nL4 58Nw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywem8udj/ib1RBkAzl03THIIlPO2Mb26vG7gOSj3VEW9cztu/kO u9CdAOzZMWXAUFKIcTJXgss= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFbupEpJpBE+fPw+rFY6GrjPvAE08fDttD7Zs0YqYx0aVVq4X1zOCepX4KqV49KntGdn8jXvA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:ea02:b0:1cc:5648:f15c with SMTP id s2-20020a170902ea0200b001cc5648f15cmr14620023plg.48.1698999641966; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:20:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.me ([103.131.18.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a17-20020a170902ee9100b001bb99e188fcsm889447pld.194.2023.11.03.01.20.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:20:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by debian.me (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6407591D6704; Fri, 3 Nov 2023 15:20:36 +0700 (WIB) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 15:20:36 +0700 From: Bagas Sanjaya To: Richard Fontana Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Documentation , Jonathan Corbet , Thomas Gleixner , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Akira Yokosawa , Stanislav Fomichev , David Vernet , Miguel Ojeda , James Seo , Daniel Vetter , Federico Vaga , Carlos Bilbao , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] LICENSES: Add SIL Open Font License 1.1 Message-ID: References: <20231102120053.30630-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> <20231102120053.30630-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mQMlOV5B+hEL++/T" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --mQMlOV5B+hEL++/T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 10:09:57AM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 8:01=E2=80=AFAM Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > > > > Add the license text along with appropriate tags for reference and > > tooling. The text is taken from the text as distributed in Google > > Fonts's zip files. > > > > As the license itself may or may note be compatible with GPLv2, > > let's take on the err side and require combining it with > > GPL-compatible licenses when using the license. >=20 > I don't really understand this, though maybe it doesn't practically matt= er - > "It's best to use it together > + with a GPL2 compatible license using "OR", as OFL-1.1 texts processed = by > + the kernel's build system might combine it with content taken from more > + restrictive licenses." >=20 > I didn't check if this text is just copied from that in other license fil= es. Yes, indeed I adapted it from LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0. >=20 > I'm not sure how this would actually come up in practice for OFL-1.1. > I assume that typically the way OFL-1.1 can cover stuff in the kernel > is through font files, and that therefore it would be unlikely for a > source file to include any code covered by OFL-1.1. Indeed, as you > say: >=20 > > + Do NOT use this license for code, but it's acceptable for fonts (whe= re the > > + license is specifically written for them). It's best to use it toget= her >=20 > Even if that did occur, the use of `OR` is only appropriate if the > stuff covered by OFL-1.1 is actually dual-licensed. >=20 Another alternative is to put license notice on CSS code that includes the font. In this case, in Documentation/sphinx-static/fonts.css, the top of the file should've been written as: ``` /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ /* IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Mono, and Newsreader is licensed under the SIL O= pen * Font License, version 1.1. See OFL.txt in the same directory as this file * for details. */ =2E.. ``` Is above acceptable? 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