[OpenFontLibrary] Blooming Grove

[Fontfreedom at aol.com]

>> What matters is that the fonts are free software -- not freeware.  I
>> myself have been reluctant to accept the OFL in part because it  has
>> that restriction on unbundled selling. If that weren't a  provision
>> with a loophole a couple of parsecs wide, I probably  wouldn't make
>> OFL versions of my fonts.
>
>I realize  this approach may not be for everyone, but after thinking
>about the  matter at some length I ended up releasing the font I
>created (Blooming  Grove) into the public domain.  My thinking was,
>virtually any  license I could release it under would have some
>restrictions that might  prevent it from being used in some way that I
>cannot necessarily  anticipate beforehand.
 
I'm glad to see people analyzing the SIL OFL. Some new font licenses  
(espically without the bundling restriction and/or the copyleft restrictions)  
would be a very positive thing for the wider acceptance of open source  
license fonts.
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