[OpenFontLibrary] Font embedding exceptions

[Fontfreedom at aol.com]

>Also if someone has current contacts for past contributors, it  would
>be nice to get the font exception added to the  license.
>
>-- 
>Nicolas Mailhot
 
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. 
 
In GPL 3.0, _http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt_ 
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) 
 
This sentence would seem to make adding a font embedding exception  
unnecessary:
 
"The output from running a covered work is covered by this License only if  
the output, given its
content, constitutes a covered work."
 
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. 
 
FF
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