[Bug] Scratch Logo

[yoyomonem]

Describe the bug, including any steps to reproduce it
The "Scratch" font isn't supported by forkphorus.
Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to a Scratch project that contains the "Scratch" font on forkphorus
2. See that the "Scratch" font is replaced by the "Sans Serif" font from Scratch 3.0

Project ID, URL, or file
Scratch:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/768005180
Forkphorus:
https://forkphorus.github.io/#768005180

Debug information
https://forkphorus.github.io/#768005180
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows 11; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/107.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

[GarboMuffin]

We don't include the Scratch font here because we're not entirely sure if its license allows us to include it

Note that Scratch may also remove that font: scratchfoundation/scratch-render-fonts#23

[yoyomonem]

@GarboMuffin said:
We don't include the Scratch font here because we're not entirely sure if its license allows us to include it

Note that Scratch may also remove that font: scratchfoundation/scratch-render-fonts#23

You know what? That font is also used in Scratch 2.

[GarboMuffin]

That does not change the ambiguous licensing

[yoyomonem]

@GarboMuffin said:
That does not change the ambiguous licensing

Let me tell you a fact. The Scratch font is actually just the font "Boys On Mopeds", the font used for the Scratch logo.

[GarboMuffin]

I am fully aware. That, again, does not change the ambiguous licensing.

[GarboMuffin]

If you can find a place distributing the font under a true open source license, I would be happy to add it. Note that Scratch repositories do not count as they seem to admit they shouldn't be distributing it, and "free for personal use" is not good enough either.

[yoyomonem]

@GarboMuffin said:
If you can find a place distributing the font under a true open source license, I would be happy to add it. Note that Scratch repositories do not count as they seem to admit they shouldn't be distributing it, and "free for personal use" is not good enough either.

Here's the dafont.com link: https://www.dafont.com/black-boys-on-mopeds.font

Also, I don't care if "free for personal use" isn't good enough, because IT IS good enough.

[Xeltalliv]

Here's the dafont.com link: https://www.dafont.com/black-boys-on-mopeds.font

Also, I don't care if "free for personal use" isn't good enough, because IT IS good enough.

Forkphorus is a FOSS (free and open source) software. Free as in a freedom, not cost. Different part of forkphorus are using different licenses, but all of them allow anyone to freely use, copy, modify, redistribute, relicense it in whatever ways they like, even commercially, without risk of getting sued, as long as they follow the license terms.

If you download the font from the site that you linked, the text file that comes with it says:

This font is copyright (c) Jakob Fischer at www.pizzadude.dk, all rights reserved. Do not distribute without the author's permission.

Adding that single font file will stop forkphorus from being 100% FOSS, because you legally aren't allowed to do much with it.

And how can it be included in publically viewable and downloadable forkphorus source code on github without technically distributing it? How can it be included in packaged projects without packager distributing it? Also is simply using it on a site count as distributing it?

Even if GarboMuffin somehow got permission to redistribute it, anyone who wanted to create a modified version of forkphorus would still be in violation.

Use this font for non-commercial use only! If you plan to use it for commercial purposes, contact me before doing so!

From my understanding it means that everyone who wants to use forkphorus commercially will either have to buy that font usage license or edit out support for that font.

[GarboMuffin]

"personal use" is also very vague and certainly does not cover the four freedoms of open source.

[yoyomonem]

Who cares? "Free for personal use" is the best I can find!

[GarboMuffin]

It's already been explained. See above comments. Sorry.