[Bug 284597] [NEW PORT] x11-fonts/aporetic: Custom Iosevka fonts with modified style and metrics

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284597

--- Comment #4 from Zoltán Király <ports@zoltankiraly.com> ---
That would be ideal. Unfortunately, I'm not the maintainer of the Iosevka Comfy
port. However, the issue is that Iosevka Comfy violates the SIL license, so it
should be removed from the ports collection.


Protesilaos, the author of aporetic, mentions this:

QUOTE:

> Legal reason for the change
> “Iosevka” is a reserved name. I had not realised this until I reread the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1, specifically:
> 3 No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users.

SOURCE: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-02-04-aporetic-fonts-1-0-0/


I chose not to contact the maintainer of the Iosevka Comfy port, as I was
concerned he might take my suggestion to remove the port negatively. But now
that you mention it, yes, it should definitely replace Iosevka Comfy,
especially to avoid license issues.

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