[OpenFontLibrary] Font embedding exceptions

[Dave Crossland]

2008/12/31 Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org>:
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> The document is not software

The GPL applies to 'works' not software, so this is irrelevant.

> and is not a derivative of the font.

"Derivative works" in copyright law are not intuitive; a work made by
combining 2 works is a 'derivative' of both works. So a PDF that
embeds a font is indeed a derivative work of the font.

> Including the font with the document, which can be used without it, is
> mere aggregation.

Aggregation would be the case if you distribute an ODF and a TTF in a zip file.

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Regards,
Dave