[OpenFontLibrary] [Open Font Library] Upload Flagged

[Ed Trager]

I agree 100% with Nicolas on this one.

OpenFontLibrary needs to be of the highest quality on every front.

The font analysis program I'm working on (fontaine) will be able to
tell you what is in the Copyright and License fields of a TTF or OTF
font file, so hopefully that will serve as a first line of defense on
the new site.

Maybe fontaine can help speed up the audit of fonts that are already
on the site (once I get fontaine to a releasable point, that is ...)

Best - Ed


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM, 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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