[Openfontlibrary] design service

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>2008/11/6 Christopher Fynn  <cfynn at gmx.net>:
>>
>> I also wonder whether free  software licenses (designed for software) are
>> appropriate for fonts  where a font is first published in a country where
>> the design is  protected?
>
>That is an excellent point!
>
>I think the  language in the GPL and Apache licenses about software
>idea patents are  useful to think about here.... But I haven't seen
>anyone in the free  software community comment on this, though.  

If something is GPL v3 or Apache 2.0+ license, the authors give away their  
patent rights to the community for free. Same with the "Clear BSD  License".
 
You might want to call these licenses "PatentLeft" licenses.
 
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