[CREATE] OpenRaster BOF

[Marcos Diaz]

So, is possible to check directly in the font if it's libre and then embed
it or not? I'm totally agree with this.



2010/5/28 Schrijver <eric at authoritism.net>

> Because than you have an implementation that is broken for all the
> non-Linux people who will mostly have fonts installed that don’t allow for
> embedding (like Leonard said) and will automatically be violating licences
> just by using the implementation.
>
> So I think checking is a good idea. A font database seems a hassle, isn’t
> it possible to use these permission bits to find out if you are allowed to
> embed a font?
>
> E
>
> Op 28 mei 2010, om 10:17 heeft Marcos Diaz het volgende geschreven:
>
> Whatever, the final result (at the user side) should be the same with both
> libre and non-libre fonts. Why not believe in the utopia if its result in a
> better implementation?
>
> 2010/5/28 Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com>
>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Marcos Diaz wrote:
>>
>> > My point of view is that we should assume the user is working with libre
>> > fonts
>>
>> That make how much? 0.05% of all existing fonts?
>>
>> Alexandre
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Marcos Díaz <markos at nathive.org>
Nathive project developer
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