[OpenFontLibrary] OFL problems, IPA License annoyances

[Ben Weiner]

Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> More licensing curmudgeon-ry from me I'm afraid :-)
>
> A new OSI approved font license is out, the Japanese "IPA Font License":
>
>     http://opensource.org/licenses/ipafont.html
>
> I wonder if the story of its creation will be published to the same
> extent that the SIL OFL process has been documented; I guess that
> there was some kind of wrestling match between proprietary-minded font
> developers and freedom-minded customers.
>   
Spoke to Danese Cooper from Apache Foundation on Sunday and she 
mentioned this. Which may add a tiny chunk to your back-story 
reconstruction ;-)

Ben

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