On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 04:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/2/2008 10:26:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 01:17 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The single priority I have for openfontlibrary is: > Creating a new > > openfontlibrary without any copyleft fonts. (and banning any > new ones > > from appearing) Initially, Openfontlibrary was created as > a place > > for fonts dedicated to the Public Domain. Things dedicated > to the > > public domain are not copyleft. > > On the other hand, anyone can take a public domain resource > (in > the USA) and re-release it under the GPL, even if they are not > the creator. That's where the first GNU "tar" program came > from, > for example -- by taking pdtar, without consulting the author. > > Here in Canada there's no such thing as public domain. > > Maybe it would be better if OFL made it clear which licence > was > in use for a given font, and let people search and filter by > licence? > > Liam > > Canada does indeed have a public domain. > In fact, there are even Canadian public domain websites... > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071022-european-copyright-law-used-to-threaten-canadian-public-domain-site.html
Yes, agree. There is absolutely a canadian public domain...see one of my projects from cc still working on: http://creativecommons.org/projects/pdwiki Also, in any country that doesn't have or has encumbered PD, CC has coming out: http://creativecommons.org/projects/cczero partially driven by pdwiki and other demands. > >and let people search and filter by licence? > > That's a fine feature request...However, I still want there to be an > open font site without any copyleft fonts, and which encourages people > considering releasing their fonts to use alternatives to copyleft. > Yes, ccHost allows this. Jon > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel > Deals! > _______________________________________________ > Openfontlibrary mailing list > Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary