<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16788" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>>Also if someone has current contacts for past contributors, it would<BR>>be nice to get the font exception added to the license.<BR>><BR>>-- <BR>>Nicolas Mailhot</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I really want to know if font / embedding exceptions are really needed. A font is very distinct from the document it's embedded into, it would seem to me an embedding exception isn't really neccecary. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In GPL 3.0, <A href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This sentence would seem to make adding a font embedding exception unnecessary:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"The output from running a covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its<BR>content, constitutes a covered work."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When a font designer elects not to use an open source license specifically designed for fonts (such as the OFL) , using the canonical version of an open source license seems like a good idea. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>FF</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="99f2625171daa233dce005b5605593ae"><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. <a href="http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025">Try it now</a>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>