[OpenFontLibrary] droidfonts.com

[Simos]

I just add the initial e-mail as a FYI.

The points that are important to us are:
1. Ascender recognizes that the Droid fonts are licensed under the
Apache License.
2. Ascender continues to work with Droid (Droid Pro).
3. Ascender might be willing to dual-license the Droid fonts under the OFL.

Simos

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Since when are we interested in the release of non-free commercial
> fonts? :-p
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> I see nothing new on that page. It's just promoting the commercial
> variant of Droid...
>
> Ben
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> On Tuesday 10 February 2009, Simos wrote:
>> Ascender created a dedicated website on the Droid font family,
>> http://www.droidfonts.com/
>>
>> I copy some of the text of the website:
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>> "The Droid fonts included with the Android SDK are distributed
>> under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
>>
>> Ascender is working with Open Handset Alliance members
>> and other partners to modify and customize the Droid fonts.
>> Some of these new versions may be added to the Android SDK
>> under the Apache License, while other versions will remain
>> proprietary and offered by Ascender under a commercial license.
>>
>> In addition to custom versions of the Droid fonts, Ascender
>> is developing "Pro" versions which will be available for
>> purchase/download by creative professionals under an commercial font
>> license.
>>
>> View the Ascender End User License Agreement for the Droid Pro Fonts.
>>
>> The "Pro" versions will be in the OpenType format with additional
>> typographic features. The initial release has Old Style Figures,
>> and more enhancements are planned for the future.
>>
>> New weights, such as Droid Sans Condensed,
>> are also in development.
>>
>> If you have any questions regarding the font license
>> or custom type development, please contact us."
>>
>>
>> The Droid Pro fonts that Ascender is developing have the following
>> additions: *  Additional styles and weights
>>     * Character set extensions
>>     * Enhanced language support
>>     * Advanced OpenType typographic features
>>
>> Simos
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