[mythtv-users] A new theme on the way...

[Christopher Meredith]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Phill Wiggin <alamar at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
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>> Phill Wiggin wrote:
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>>> However; I, for one, won't use your theme because of the non-free font,
>>> not because of the license you chose for the theme itself.  I'm no
>>> cheapskate, but the longer I use Linux, the more of a 'FOSS Snob' I become.
>>> But even before then, I refused to pay for fonts.
>>
>> The problem is the best, most common fonts are usually not
>> free-as-in-speech.  At best they're free-as-in-beer.  There are a lot of
>> free novelty fonts, not so many free body fonts that look good.  That's why
>> so many people end up downloading Microsoft's font pack when they install
>> Linux.
>>
>> I think good but pedestrian-looking fonts just aren't something the FOSS
>> community considers "fun," and in FOSS if it's not fun for someone it
>> doesn't get done.
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> Yup, I don't disagree with any of your points.  But, they miss the original
> focus of the conversation.
>
> This new theme requires a for-pay ($15?) font, and due to the licensing (I
> assume) of the theme there are no modifications allowed. E.g. No finding a
> font that you consider "good enough" and using that.

No modifications really means no modification + redistribution.
Fortunately, you can do whatever you want with your own copy. It's
called fair use. My response to anyone who tries to tell me I can't
make modifications of things for my own personal use: try and stop me.