[OpenFontLibrary] Site terminology: Free/Open/Libre

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>Le Mer 13 mai 2009 00:19, Dave Crossland a ?crit :
>
>>  Another alternative is to refer to our fonts as "FLOSS fonts"  instead
>> of "libre fonts."
>
>I'd rather not use FLOSS.  It's a software-oriented acronym and whether
>fonts are software or not is  another can of worms best avoided.

_http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/fonts.html_ 
(http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/fonts.html) 
 
Adobe certainly thinks they are:

What about fonts?

Fonts are software, too. In fact, each font is a short software  program. 
Fonts are protected under intellectual property law and are subject to  the 
same legal usage restrictions as other software.

It is illegal to do the following:

Share or copy fonts beyond what the license agreement allows
Include  a font copy with source files for output

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