[OpenFontLibrary] [GFD] OFL-FAQ update draft and web fonts paper

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Wed May 22 15:35:18 PDT 2013


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 02:09:13PM -0700, Vernon Adams wrote:
> 
> On 22 May 2013, at 13:45, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> 
> > I want to see libre fonts as widely used as possible while remaining libre.
> 
> Agreed. However, it's the 'remaining libre' aspect that is my concern.
> You know, we have the situation at present where at least one major
> corp is using my fonts in their services and not even i am 'free' to
> get the modified fonts they are using :) I realise that is only
> indirectly an RFN issue

It is not an RFN issue at all. The situation you describe is a violation
to any copyleft license (and OFL is a copyleft), with RFN or without.

Regards,
Khaled


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