[OpenFontLibrary] Inspired Post about the Traditional Type Foundries

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Richard Querin wrote:
> I came across this is my feed reader and thought it might be an
> interesting read for people on this list:
> 
> http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/04/21/fuck-the-foundries
> 
> RQ

Sigh...

I don't see how such offensive discourse is useful to anyone.
IMHO you can voice your opinion without turning everything into a
flamewar...

It's not a us vs. them.
There are foundries out there doing open fonts or paid to do open fonts.

I'd distance myself from such a agressive discourse. I personnally am
not out to destroy any foundry. If designers and foundry see the benefit
in a more open licensing and collaborative approach it's great. But if
they don't no mob should lynch them.

I can see various people from this list have joined in the discussion...


BTW, if you know of more feeds to add to our planet, let me know.

-- 
Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer
Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary
http://planet.open-fonts.org


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