[Openfontlibrary] [ATypI] Disallowing Font Modification

[Dave Crossland]

On 11/07/07, Adam Twardoch <list.adam at twardoch.com> wrote:
>
> I do think that serializing fonts or storing electronic license
> abstracts would be very useful for INFORMATIONAL purposes. Software such
> as font managers or font editors could display information about the
> licensing terms in a clear way

Yes, making license abstracts easy to display is a very good idea for users.

The font freedom movement is going in the other direction -
modification is permitted and _encouraged_ - and so is working towards
this kind of functionality on the GNOME and KDE desktops.

Software-freedom license abstracts explain the freedoms you are meant
to have and benefit from. Allowing typographers to compare the
freedoms they can enjoy with various fonts would be very useful.

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Regards,
Dave