Re: [U-Boot] Question about GPL v3 font

Dear Tom,

In message 20190726170700.GQ20116@bill-the-cat you wrote:

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      It was designed in 1987. A subset of Nimbus Sans L were released
      under the GPL. Although the characters are not exactly the same,
      Nimbus Sans L has metrics almost identical to Helvetica and Ari=

al.

...

      (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
      From: https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/nimbus-sans-l
      License: GNU GPL v3
      http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

It's a good question. I suspect the answer is that we should drop that font as I don't know if you can combine "GPLv2 only" and "GPLv2 or later" with "GPLv3".

Should we not first make sure the license is really GPLv3?

At the moment the URL https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/nimbus-sans-l does not work. But there are other sources which suggest that this font might actually be GPLv2 instead, see for example "Licensing" at https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/nimbus-sans-l

Or see https://www.1001fonts.com/nimbus-sans-l-font.html

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk