[OpenFontLibrary] [Open Font Library] Upload Flagged

[Jon Phillips]

Ok, I challenge you to lead the audit. I also challenge Raph to help to.

At the end of the day, whoever gets this done, and gets the site up
I'm looking forward to.

I personally will help get the site up asap, and am eager to get this
project on regular track(s) as well :)

Jon

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Nicolas Spalinger
<nicolas_spalinger at sil.org> wrote:
> Jon Phillips wrote:
>> Actually, I think we should launch asap. If there are problematic
>> fonts, then we can rely upon flagging to help track them
>> down...otherwise, we'll never get to the launch! :)
>>
>> Jon
>
> I beg to disagree :-)
>
> If we launch without any licensing audit of what's currently in the db
> and no moderation queue on the new site, then all the beautiful design
> and great functionality work that was done recently will be ignored by
> the designers who care about quality and respecting authors' rights and
> they may well simply leave. Not what we want.
>
> To quote Raph Levien's latest comment on a typophile thread:
> "openfontlibrary.org has been disappointing, partly because they haven’t
> reached anywhere near parity with commercial sites for just showing the
> font, and partly because there’s no emphasis on promoting high-quality
> fonts above random dross. The new version may well turn out better in
> both regards."
>
> The transition to the new site should really be the time to do the audit
> (like we agreed to do at the last LGM).
>
> Post-moderation has its role to play but we need to see the before/after
> in terms of our licensing policies.
>
>
> What do the others think?
> Please speak up.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer
> Debian/Ubuntu font team / OpenFontLibrary
> http://planet.open-fonts.org
>
>
>



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Jon Phillips
http://rejon.org/