Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Site terminology: Free/Open/Libre
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: I feel strongly that open is also confusing because it doesn't bring to mind the primary goal, freedom, and this has concrete disadvantages like not publishing source files. Open is open to abuse, yes. He and I have been discussing this for at least 2 years, and it seems we are unlikely to resolve this difference. We both agree that libre solves both our problems, and although it introduces problems of its own - it is not a native English word, and so the meaning must be explained to most people - we are happy to focus on that term as a compromise. Libre is good. Or you could say free and open. Another alternative is to refer to our fonts as FLOSS fonts instead of libre fonts. FLOSS is the perfect compromise in that nobody likes it. ;-) - Rob.
Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Font embedding exceptions
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: 2008/12/30 Jon Stanley jonstan...@gmail.com: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:47 PM, fontfree...@aol.com wrote: The output from running a covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its content, constitutes a covered work. Since you are embedding a font, which is itself a covered work, unmodified into the document, an exception is required. The end. +1 A theoretical dissenting view: The document is not software and is not a derivative of the font. Including the font with the document, which can be used without it, is mere aggregation. - Rob.
Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Public Domain Fonts due to lack of copyright notice
Christopher Fynn wrote: Even if it were legally permissible in the US to distribute pre-1989 fonts without a copyright notice or registered copyright - do you believe it would be ethical do this without the designer / font creators agreement? Yes, because this is how copyright works. Because something may be allowed under the law of a particular jurisdiction that does not make it morally and ethically OK. Such as restricting people through use of copyright, for example. People who are most vocal about being able to distribute fonts freely most always seem to be talking about the work of others. There are fewer font designers than font users, so this is hardly surprising. Why is it I don't hear this sort of suggestion from people who have designed serious original fonts on their own from scratch? Would you agree that it is a good idea if they did? - Rob. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [Openfontlibrary] MIT/X11 License for fonts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Assuming Person A is using the MIT/X11 License for their font: Person A created a font called zfff. Uploads it to the OpenFontLibrary. Person B downloads it, modifies it 40%, and sells it as a commercial font, Super zfff. Person C buys the font Super zfff. Person C may not modify it. Person A buys the font Super zfff. Person A may not modify it, despite having been the one who created the font Super zfff is based on. For me, this illustrates a problem. ;-) - Rob. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] design service
Can we have a free version of Beowolf sans? ;-) - Rob. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] design service
Well perhaps a comic sans RandomFont, then. ;-) But, yes, rather than reverse-engineering a classic, is there something new but well-defined that would make a good project? - Rob. Erik van Blokland wrote: Yeah, heaven forbid you would make something new. Erik On 5 nov 2008, at 21:22, Rob Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we have a free version of Beowolf sans? ;-) - Rob. ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] openfontlibrary.com
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: http://www.openfontlibrary.com/ *shrugs shoulders* Well, the best of luck to them. Indeed. May the best project win. Or peaceful coexistence ensue. Is the name a problem, project identity-wise? - Rob. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
