[OpenFontLibrary] licence

[Robert Martinez]

Dave Crossland wrote:
> 2009/3/22 Robert Martinez <mail at mray.de>:
>   
>> I don't know if just removing "often" is enough. Then you say everything
>> here is "free software". but there is also public domain stuff,
>>     
>
> Public domain stuff is free.
>
>   
You are right.
I was just refering to the use of "free software", as a trigger for 
association with GNU GPL Richard Stallman etc. I think "free software" 
is more a synonym for all those things, not so much for public domain, 
creativecommons, or other stuff...
>> the complexety of mixing the "free software" definition with a clean statement
>> what we offer on OFLB is a confusion imho.
>>     
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> The OFLB offers free-as-in-freedom fonts. Maybe
> http://freedomdefined.org/Definition instead of the GNU definition?
>
>   
>> The GPL had to write an exception just for the font case - we ONLY deal with
>> fonts and therefore should not use the "free software" or "GPL"  and
>> describe the difference along, just to explain what exactly we offer.
>>     
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> IMO its a bit cloudy to call the GPL Font Exception an "exception";
> really it is "extra permission for PDFs"
>
>   
>> I would like to see a clean list that says it all - like Dave
>> said:"ofl+cc0+gplv3later+fe" (what is fe?)
>>     
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> (FE is Font Exception :-)
>
>   
>> and then maybe  add some text
>> that explains how & why the list was formed the (strong idea about the
>> freedom aspect just like the GNU project ect.)
>>     
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> Yes, totally :-)
>
>   
>> Concerning the loss of certain fonts i think i'm a hardliner here too.
>> In this font jungle out there it is really wild. we should not adapt to the
>> diversity, but focus on building a solid set of requirements. it should be a
>> goal for font designers to make it work with libraries like ours - not the
>> other way round.
>>
>> if we fail to bring more order to this licence chaos we miss a great
>> opportunity to help lots of creative people in their day to day work.
>>     
>
> I totally agree - we want the OFLB brand to delivery quality over quantity.
>
> "Quality is quantity" - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stalin ;)
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