[OpenFontLibrary] use of (c) typefaces

[Jan Claeys]

Op vrijdag 08-05-2009 om 15:36 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Ben Weiner:
> I think that reading the license from the file is a good thing to do. I 
> think trying to match outlines is less good. The first is like a tick in 
> a box ("Is this font correctly licensed?"). The second is like saying 
> "We don't trust you. So we checked up on you! You are bad because our 
> algorithm said so!" This reminds me of the surveillance/database state - 
> something that is happening very quickly in the UK and makes me unhappy.

Another option would be to have such a check that sends to the mailing
list (or otherwise makes available) a list of suspect uploads.


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Jan Claeys