[OpenFontLibrary] GPL fonts! (Was: Open Font Library submissions)

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Mon Nov 10 05:22:02 PST 2008


Le lundi 10 novembre 2008 à 13:05 +0000, Ben Weiner a écrit :

> Dave Crossland wrote:

> > I would also want to see the fonts follow the recommendation of the
> > FSF (the GPL's authors) and add the "font exception" 
> >   
> Is this a concrete recommendation of FSF?

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FontException

> Excellent. Am I correct in thinking that would give us:
> 
> - OFL: feels like a regular font, but doesn't have embedding 
> restrictions (you can send it to a printer or distribute it as part of a 
> brand identity, ideally using the OFLB site URL for the typeface to save 
> email bloat).

And requires all the annoying renaming and fontlog stuff

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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