[ubuntu-art] Should Ubuntu move to the "Liberation" font set?

[Cory K.]

Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> Em Qua, 2007-10-10 às 15:05 -0400, Cory K. escreveu:
>   
>> I have been using the Liberation font set since they were released. I
>> know Fedora and Mandrake use them by default now. Should we? I think the
>> font looks great and I also like the license. ;) Is this also more than
>> an ascetic consideration? Should this be posted to -devel-discuss?
>>
>> -Cory \m/
>>     
>
> Define "use". Fedora (and probably Mandriva) still use DejaVu as their
> default font, but install Liberation as well.
>
> It's not even available in Ubuntu right now, because Debian's legal team
> sees a problem with its license. You probably want to see that taken
> care of first.
>
> []'s,
> Evandro
You're right. "Includes" is the better word.

Fedora -
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-Desktop.html
Mandriva -
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/Notes#Liberation_fonts_included

Can you point us to a relevant Devian ML thread or anything?

-Cory \m/