Bug#1090833: freecad: ships possibly non-free font ASME Y14.5

[Tobias Frost]

Package: freecad
Version: 0.21.2+dfsg1-1
Severity: serious

(While preparing d/copyright) for Version 1.0 I've found the font
Y14.5-2018.ttf and Y14.5-FreeCAD.ttf for the TechDraw workbench.

It's license does not specify the for modifcation:

Original Y14.5-2018.ttf courtesy of Peter Kanold (https://peterkanold.com/)
"This font is free to use for all personal and commercial applications.
Copying and redistribution of the font is encouraged. Credit to me as
the creator of the font is appreciated but not necessary."
--
tobi


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'oldoldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.5-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages freecad depends on:
ii freecad-python3 0.21.2+dfsg1-6+b1
ii python3 3.12.7-1

Versions of packages freecad recommends:
ii calculix-ccx 2.21-1
ii graphviz 2.42.4-2+b1
ii python3-opencamlib 2023.01.11-5+b2

Versions of packages freecad suggests:
pn povray <none>

-- no debconf information

[Tobias Frost]

Hi,

I don't know if these are sufficient to resolve this issue, but if it's
helpful for whoever needs to make this call, the TTF files themselves

Created with FontForge 2.0 (http://fontforge.sf.net)
Copyright 2012-2013 Peter Kanold - Public domain for all personal and
commercial use.
Created with FontForge 2.0 (http://fontforge.sf.net)
Copyright 2012-2020 Peter Kanold - Public domain for all personal and
commercial use.

And the latest version of Y14.5-2018.ttf which I just downloaded from Peter

Public Domain for all personal and commercial use.
Created with FontForge 2.0 (http://fontforge.sf.net)
Copyright 2012-2023 Peter Kanold

This is information is in direct conflict with the information given in the source and also
what the author writes on their homepage, https://peterkanold.com/fonts

This font is free to use for all personal and commercial applications. Copying
and redistribution of the font is encouraged. Credit to me as the creator of
the font is appreciated but not necessary.

Upstream has contacted the author for clarification.