[OpenFontLibrary] Contribute logos for permissive font licenses on OFLBv2

Nicolas Spalinger nicolas_spalinger at sil.org
Fri Jul 31 02:25:55 PDT 2009


Dave Crossland wrote:
> Full acronyms as text next to the icon is good, but again, I think
> you're putting too much weight on what is surely a very minor part of
> the page. With tooltips I wouldn't expect anyone to confuse the MIT
> license with the M+ license which we don't support and I have never
> heard of :)

I see your point and you can probably understand where I'm coming from
on this but licensing clarity is really a major feature of the whole
library.

This might be a small illustration, and we already have full reports on
the page of the font itself but seeing as clearly as possible what
rights are granted or reserved right there in the list of fonts is also
needed.

We care about good licensing and about not hiding it to
users/contributors of the site, it's part of what makes this service
stand out compared to existing font portals. Especially as the webfonts
debate matures and recognizes the value of showing the right metadata to
users...

There are at least 4 well-known and widely used licenses starting with G...


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


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