Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-30 Thread Dave Crossland
On 30 June 2010 13:47, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > please use the CC licence > that was written for public-domain-like needs http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-30 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le mercredi 30 juin 2010 à 13:35 -0400, Jonadab the Unsightly One a écrit : > 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. If you want something akin to pu

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-30 Thread Jonadab the Unsightly One
Barry Schwartz writes: > 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 m

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-12 Thread Barry Schwartz
vernon adams skribis: > The onus is on open, not free. That seems to be in line with the oflb. > It's secondary that the software is free (as in ££$$). "Open" is almost worthless when it comes to fonts; it is uncommon to find a font that isn't in a fixable and modifiable. Sure, it would be nice t

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-11 Thread vernon adams
The onus is on open, not free. That seems to be in line with the oflb. It's secondary that the software is free (as in ££$$). On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 14:20 -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote: > > It's not at all clear that the site has anything to do with free > software. The name of the site adds to the

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-11 Thread Barry Schwartz
Dave Crossland skribis: > So the text by the icons at the top saying "Get: Download Fonts, > Share: Upload Your Fonts, Remix: Improve & Extend" isn't clear > enough... okay. It's not at all clear that the site has anything to do with free software. The name of the site adds to the confusion betwe

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 01:57 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: [...] > So the text by the icons at the top saying "Get: Download Fonts, > Share: Upload Your Fonts, Remix: Improve & Extend" isn't clear > enough... okay. The first thing I see on the page is an ugly red rectangle with, Help the Open Font L

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Peter Baker
The message I saw earlier today--and it's still there now--was This domain is for sale. Please contact doma...@zou.info I'll chip in if it's not too expensive. Peter On Thursday, June 10, 2010, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 15:59 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> I have oflb.o

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 June 2010 17:05, Liam R E Quin wrote: > > No. You'll be in the same situation, oflb.com is registered to > someone in San Francisco... Unless you can buy it. I have made enquiries about .com, and .net and .org are ours. > Number one priority seems to me to get a working Web site, > with pr

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 15:59 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: > I have oflb.org and I redirect it to openfontlibrary.org. > > We could do the opposite of this, to reduce confusion with > openfontlibrary.{net,com} No. You'll be in the same situation, oflb.com is registered to someone in San Francisco

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Hiran Venugopalan
good suggestion! +1 On 6/10/10, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi, > > I have oflb.org and I redirect it to openfontlibrary.org. > > We could do the opposite of this, to reduce confusion with > openfontlibrary.{net,com} > > Thoughts? > > Regards, Dave > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.co

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread apostolo
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi, I have oflb.org and I redirect it to openfontlibrary.org. We could do the opposite of this, to reduce confusion with openfontlibrary.{net,com} Thoughts? Good idea! Apostolos

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Peter Baker
Yes, grab oflb.com too. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi, > > I have oflb.org and I redirect it to openfontlibrary.org. > > We could do the opposite of this, to reduce confusion with > openfontlibrary.{net,com} > > Thoughts? > > Regards, Dave

[OpenFontLibrary] Oflb.org

2010-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I have oflb.org and I redirect it to openfontlibrary.org. We could do the opposite of this, to reduce confusion with openfontlibrary.{net,com} Thoughts? Regards, Dave

Re: [Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Ben Laenen
On Tuesday 04 November 2008, Dave Crossland wrote: > I suggest we make all the domains redirect to oflb.org and get that > promoted as the main URL, then fewer new people will think to go to > openfontlibrary.com. I personally don't understand why openfontlibrary.com is a good domain for public d

Re: [Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jon Phillips wrote: > Just because of one person we should change urls? I don't agree > whatsoever and its bad SEO tech and bad policy to move that easily. I agree with Rejon here about the SEO part. Having "font" in the domain name is a good boost for our position in search results. > Good to h

Re: [Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/11/4 Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Good to have other domains, but all you need is one clear canonical url > and not confuse people. Okay, cool :-) ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedeskt

Re: [Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Jon Phillips
Just because of one person we should change urls? I don't agree whatsoever and its bad SEO tech and bad policy to move that easily. Good to have other domains, but all you need is one clear canonical url and not confuse people. Jon On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 12:39 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >

Re: [Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi, > > I've bought these domains just now: > > openfontlibrary.info > oflb.info > oflb.org > > I suggest we make all the domains redirect to oflb.org and get that > promoted as the main URL + easier to type in - not self-explanatory when yo

[Openfontlibrary] oflb.org and switching domains

2008-11-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, I've bought these domains just now: openfontlibrary.info oflb.info oflb.org I suggest we make all the domains redirect to oflb.org and get that promoted as the main URL, then fewer new people will think to go to openfontlibrary.com. Or is that risky? The current domain has some recognition,