maitreya package contains non-distributable font
Bug #1317234 reported by
Steve Langasek
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maitreya (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| Saucy |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| Trusty |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| Utopic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The maitreya package claims to be GPL, but contains a font that includes glyphs copied from an external source without crediting the author or acknowledging that the source font was only available under a shareware license.
The copyright holder has notified Canonical of this lapse. A new upstream version of maitreya has been available which removes the incorrectly-
Revision history for this message
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
| Changed in maitreya (Ubuntu Saucy): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic amd64
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic arm64
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic armhf
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic i386
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic powerpc
fonts-maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic ppc64el
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic amd64
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic arm64
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic armhf
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic i386
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic powerpc
maitreya 7.0.3-1ubuntu1 in utopic ppc64el
Comment: Contains non-distributable font; LP: #1317234
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