[OpenFontLibrary] [Openfontlibrary] Fonts are software, so use a software license.

MJ Ray mjr at phonecoop.coop
Sun Nov 16 17:50:21 PST 2008


Christopher Fynn <cfynn at gmx.net> wrote:
> I don't know about the US but if you publish a font in the UK, or 
> another European country, I think you may want something more than a 
> license designed for software. This should also apply to licenses for 
> free/open source fonts.

No, a license designed for software seems fine to me in the UK.  As I
understand it, the big distinction in CDPA is between programs and
other literary works, not between software and hardcopy works.
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