[mythtv-theming] new theme/join the competition

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/28/2010 12:33 PM, Reto Wechner wrote:
> oh i completely forgot the fonts
> yes i'm using Impact. I think this is a microsoft font. Can i use this
> font or is it prohibited by gpl?
>   

You can't (shouldn't?  talk to your lawyer :) redistribute Impact.  You
can reference it in your theme, but if the user doesn't have the font
installed on their system, they'll see the wrong font (with no warnings
whatsoever) or see no font at all (depending on system configuration).

The Impact font is part of the MS core web fonts.  Most MythTV users
have installed (or, at least, have font replacements specified for)
those fonts because most of our old themes used Arial, another of the MS
core web fonts.

You may include a README that references
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web and/or
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ and/or the package names used by
various distros.

Another option is changing the font to a freely-redistributable or open
font, though doing so may require changes to the areas in your theme
(which may be a challenge to complete properly before the deadline).

Mike