From: Stuart Henderson Subject: Re: [new] Oldschool PC fonts To: "Anthony J. Bentley" Cc: Manuel Giraud , ports@openbsd.org Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:48:10 +0100 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