[OpenFontLibrary] libre/open fonts

[Nicu Buculei]

Fontfreedom at aol.com wrote:
>  >I highly recommend "libre/open fonts" instead to describe fonts which
>  >respect the 4 foundational software freedoms as defined by the FSF in
>  >the specific context of fonts: run the program for any purpose, study
>  >and adapt the program to your needs, distribute copies of the program,
>  >improve and release improvements to the program.
>  
> Being unfamiliar with the word "libre", I've checked several 
> dictionaries online, and printed ones, and i've come to the conclusion 
> libre isn't a word in the English language. I did find "librae", which 
> is defined as the British Pound. Perhaps we should stick to using words 
> which have previously been defined in dictionaries when describing how 
> free and open our fonts are?

The term is in wide use http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/libre

It was introduced precisely because the English word "Free" is not good 
enough due to the confusion with "gratis"

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