[Fedora TeX Live] Current license review status?

[Jussi Lehtola]

On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:20:32 +0200
Jindrich Novy <jnovy at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Jussi,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 01:57:48PM +0300, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
> > > In case there wouldn't be such restriction for fonts we would need
> > > just 2 packages to be reviewed/imported to have TeX Live 2012 in
> > > Fedora (one for binaries, the other for CTAN noarch builds). Also
> > > it would be much easier to maintain it/syncing it with upstream.
> > 
> > So couldn't you just ask for an exception from the policy? Until the
> > font macros are fixed that is.
> 
> Sure. To make myself clear I would definitely prefer a special policy
> for TeX Live to allow just 2 packages to be imported to have full
> support for new TeX Live in Fedora.
> 
> The plan b) for importing several dozens of font packages to
> workaround the policy is heavily suboptimal in many ways IMNSHO.

I agree. Please file a ticket to the FPC. I'd really like TeXLive to be
upgraded in Fedora. 2007 is WAY old.
-- 
Jussi Lehtola
Fedora Project Contributor
jussilehtola at fedoraproject.org