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<DIV>>> What matters is that the fonts are free software -- not freeware.
I<BR>>> myself have been reluctant to accept the OFL in part because it
has<BR>>> that restriction on unbundled selling. If that weren't a
provision<BR>>> with a loophole a couple of parsecs wide, I probably
wouldn't make<BR>>> OFL versions of my fonts.<BR>><BR>>I realize
this approach may not be for everyone, but after thinking<BR>>about the
matter at some length I ended up releasing the font I<BR>>created (Blooming
Grove) into the public domain. My thinking was,<BR>>virtually any
license I could release it under would have some<BR>>restrictions that might
prevent it from being used in some way that I<BR>>cannot necessarily
anticipate beforehand.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm glad to see people analyzing the SIL OFL. Some new font licenses
(espically without the bundling restriction and/or the copyleft restrictions)
would be a very positive thing for the wider acceptance of open source
license fonts.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>