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&IMHO
it will be the users getting acquinted with the possibility of high  
quality type with liberal licences,
that will topple the debate
The internet is a tribalistic affair at the moment, which easily  
creates an us-versus-them mentality,
Which I think is not representative of the actual situation

There is no such thing as the ‘type industry’ anymore,
Because there is no infrastructure of technology and capital you have  
to adhere to in order to be considered a type designer.

You just have to be good, and good at showing you are good.

I am sure that there are major type developers just waiting for the  
right moment to abandon traditional licensing;
because they see the value of their product is not in it’s licensing,
but in its typographic quality and fitness for the current situation  
(which is IMHO on the screen).
And I’m sure there will actually be people who are able to think up  
ways so that they actually make *more* money with more liberal  
licensing than with traditional licensing.

On the user side, I know from experience that within design companies  
there is a lot of dissatisfaction with current licensing, exactly  
because of:

> total power of developers over users.


It’s not in their interest to be on the internet debating about all  
that,
But when the possibility presents itself, and the quality is  
sufficient, graphic designers will definitely start using liberally  
licensed typefaces.

eric

Op 14 apr 2009, om 10:36 heeft Dave Crossland het volgende geschreven:

> Hi,
>
> Sure. It would be an exaggeration to say you can make MORE money  
> with libre fonts, but you can make some money, which is often  
> overlooked by people who promote total power of developers over users.
>
> Regards, Dave
>
>
> On 14 Apr 2009, 6:55 AM, "minombresbond" <minombresbond at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
> El Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:23:08 +0200
> Schrijver <eric at authoritism.net> escribió:
> > >> > > If they didn't make an image already, then please do make  
> some :-) > > **1** > > > > I h...
>
> I think the non-commercial fonts are not free fonts!
> however, it is true that privative licensing may be better for
> business, for now.. :)
> was a bit more intense > than i had foreseen, > it took me a while  
> to get it all, including the s...
>
>

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