Nicolas Spalinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MJ Ray wrote: > > Nicolas Spalinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>All the details are available at: > >>http://scripts.sil.org/OFL > > > > > > The page is not very accessible because [...] > > Sorry about that small design problem, we'll be fixing that bit of the > ..css soon.
Thank you [...] > > I suggest "No Modified Version of the Font Software may use a > > name that is confusingly similar to the Reserved Font Name(s) > > unless explicit written permission is given by the Licensor." > > Maybe similarity isn't a very clear legal word either... "Similar" is used elsewhere in trademark laws, such as the Trade Marks Act 1994 currently in force in England: http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/tma1994121/s10.html So, there are examples which might inform what is and isn't acceptable use. "In whole or in part" is a phrasing I don't remember seeing for a name. It looks to me like the licence is trying to re-assert the legal protection of names, so please use common language, rather than introduce a naming lawyerbomb. [...] > > Elsewhere, "Copyright Holder" is capitalised but undefined and > > probably not relevant: I think Licensor is more relevant. > > Could you please elaborate a bit on that? The Copyright Holder(s) need not be involved in any particular instance of licensing. Other licensors may be able to grant permission, so parts of clause 3 may be lies in many reasonably possible cases. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
