On 2026/04/28 21:31, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> Stuart Henderson writes:
> > These are ripped from pc hardware surely? I don't see how it's legal to
> > slap a CC BY-SA 4.0 on it...(doesn't entirely rule out adding to ports,
> > but I don't think it can have PERMIT_DISTFILES/PERMIT_PACKAGE=Yes).
> 
> Typefaces are uncopyrightable under US law. Font files are software and
> may be copyrighted, but it's perfectly permissible to create your own
> font file that produces the exact same glyphs, and that of course is
> trivial to do for a bitmap font. Regarding non-US law, no comment...

Oh what a can of worms...seems this varies a lot, they are protected in
some countries (including ones with OpenBSD mirrors). I have no idea
what
the right thing to do is here then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces