[OpenFontLibrary] licence

[Robert Martinez]

Nicolas Spalinger wrote:
>> Your thoughts make sense.
>> But don't you think that introducing "free/libre" would just add a new
>> level of confusion?
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> Thanks, but my suggestion is libre/open fonts not free/libre.
> Precisely to reduce confusion.
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> [..]
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>> (And I'm willing to explain the difference between "gratis" and
>> "freedom" until every freeware font resource starts labeling its stuff
>> "gratis/no-cost/giveway/..whatever" instead of just "free".)
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> Mmm, do you realise that the ambiguity benefits them and that IMHO they
> are unlikely to want to clarify? In a similar way than freeware sites or
> mainstream computer magazines consciously re-labeling software under
> FSF-approved licenses as "freeware"...
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> How much spare time do you have :-)
> Better start soon...  or maybe not...
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I look at it like this:
there is already a big effort to find words to exactly formulate the 
freedom we speak about - and the the "free culture community" has 
adopted it so far.
It might just trigger a bigger side-effect than we actually gain by 
introducing new terminology.

(most people still don't get the difference between "freeware" and "free 
software" still i think it is good to stick with it)