Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-15 Thread Fontfreedom
From: Dave Crossland: The problem is, I don't want to be a pariah in the type community anymore than I have to be. Regards, Dave Beyond pariah status, as you are in the U.K., involvment in such a project could subject you to civil or criminal liabilities. On 14 May 2009, 12:28 AM, Khaled

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-14 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, The problem is, I don't want to be a pariah in the type community anymore than I have to be. Regards, Dave On 14 May 2009, 12:28 AM, Khaled Hosny khaledho...@eglug.org wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:06:58PM -0400, Jon Stanley wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Dave... If it is

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-14 Thread Khaled Hosny
Fair enough :) (I wouldn't, consciously, upset them myself either) On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:03:31AM +0100, Dave Crossland wrote: Hi, The problem is, I don't want to be a pariah in the type community anymore than I have to be. Regards, Dave On 14 May 2009, 12:28 AM, Khaled Hosny

[OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-13 Thread Fontfreedom
Indeed, for legitimate revivals of old printed typefaces that are in public domain Remember, ALL printed typefaces are in the Public Domain, irregardless of the copyright status of the fonts they were created from. (In the United States. Other countries laws differ considerably.) So

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-13 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, That would be bad. Regards, Dave On 13 May 2009, 6:05 PM, fontfree...@aol.com wrote: Indeed, for legitimate revivals of old printed typefaces that are in public domain Remember, ALL printed typefaces are in the Public Domain, irregardless of the copyright status of the fonts they were

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

2009-05-13 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:06:58PM -0400, Jon Stanley wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: That would be bad. I think bad qualifies as the understatement of the century. More like horrible, horrendous, awful, abominable, atrocious, crummy. Point