Hi all,
Daniel De Marco <ddm@GE.INFN.IT> wrote concerning
Re: [ROOT] (update) 3.05.02, linuxdeb and --with-ttf-fontdir [Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:28:45 +0100]
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> * Daniel De Marco <ddm@ge.infn.it> [14/02/2003 13:35]:
> > I downloaded root 3.05.02 (source) and tried
> > make debian
> > It tries to pass to configure the option
> > --with-ttf-fontdir=/usr/share/fonts/truetype
> > that is not recognised.
> > I removed the line from debian/rules and it compiled without problems. I
> > will set the fontdir in my rootrc.
The issue, is that the option in `configure' was changed from
`--with-ttf-fontdir' to `--fontdir', and the True Type Fonts are
distributed along with the ROOT source code.
First, a little history:
When ROOT went from version 2.25/xx to 3.00/00, the build system was
entirely revisited. One of the things we (Fons and I) was to have a
`configure' script which you can pass command line options, rather
than setting environment variables, as the former as far less
intrusive to the user.
Back when the build system was environment driven, it was assumed that
`freetype.h', `libttf.so', and `cour.ttf' was all living the directory
pointed to by the `FONTS' (or something like that) environment
variable - otherwise, the `libGX11TTF' library wouldn't be built at
all. Now, on most machines with a `sane' installation of the FreeType
library, the headers will live in either `/usr/include' or
`/usr/local/include' and the library in `/usr/lib' or
`/usr/local/lib', and the fonts could be anywhere, though most
probably in `/usr/share/fonts' or `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts'. Hence,
we changed things a bit when we introduced the `configure' script; but
the assumption was still that `libGX11TTF.so' was optional, and hence
the options was prefixed by `--with-'.
Now that the ROOT sources include the Microsoft fonts directly in the
source tree, the library `libGX11TTF' isn't considered `optional', and
hence the option has changed to `--fontdir'.
These changes should of course be propagated to the RPM and Debian
packaging scripts too. The relevant files are
`build/packages/debian/rules.in', where the line reading
--with-ttf-fontdir=/usr/share/fonts/truetype
should be
--fontdir=/usr/share/fonts/truetype
and the file `build/packages/rpm/tail.spec.in' where the line
--with-ttf-fontdir=/usr/share/fonts/truetype
should read
--fontdir=/usr/share/fonts/truetype
I'm slightly concerned about the inclusion of the Microsoft Core True
Type Fonts directly in the source tree of ROOT. The EULA (End-User
Licence Agreement) says:
Copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be distributed for profit
either on a standalone basis or included as part of your own
product.
which clearly prohibits people from selling products based on ROOT,
_unless_ they explicitly take out the true type fonts, which on the
other hand may constitute a `modification' of ROOT, which then implies
you need explicit permission to do so. This is far more `viral' than
the (L)GPL could ever be.
The EULA also states, that
Restrictions on Alteration. You may not rename, edit or create any
derivative works from the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, other than subsetting
when embedding them in documents.
...
4. U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT and
documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication,
or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set
forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and
Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs
(c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights
at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Microsoft
Corporation/One Microsoft Way/Redmond, WA 98052-6399.
which may be another barrier for ROOT to become truly OpenSource [1]
(in the meaning of the OSD). The first section says no `Derived
Works', and the second is a `Discrimination Against Persons or
Groups'. This, again would mean that ROOT could not enter into the
main trunk of the Debian distribution, and I think Red Hat would have
similar qualms. Both would probably have to exclude the TTF fonts,
hence creating a `modified' version of ROOT, which cannot directly be
redistributed.
I'd like to urge the everyone to consider these matters.
Yours,
___ | Christian Holm Christensen
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[1] http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php
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