Font Awesome 5 has a different license and I think even the “free” one is not 
an Apache-compatible license.

There’s probably some way to have a optional “opt-in” for Font Awesome 5, but 
ultimately the best way to support that might be outside of Apache.

On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:55 PM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote:

> And eventually over this year FontAwesome 5 will be published with a lot of 
> OpenSource extensions (because the Kickstarter Campaign went so well)
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/232193852/font-awesome-5
> 
> Here the most interesting parts for the “Free” version:
> 
> Funded!!! We’ll add our most-awesome Pro-only code features (but not the Pro 
> icons) to Font Awesome Free! That means we’ll open source our super-awesome 
> SVG Framework AND we’ll make all of our JavaScript component packages 
> available as well! More sprinkles for everyone!
> 
> Funded! For React, Angular, Ember.js, and Vue.js, we’ll make framework-native 
> JavaScript components installable through your favorite package manager (npm, 
> yarn) for FA Pro. Free for all of our Pro backers!
> 
> Funded! We'll include basic SVG files for free in Font Awesome 5 Free! This 
> won't include any of our SVG framework magic, but should make using Font 
> Awesome Free easier on the desktop and for folks who love SVG!
> 
> 46 Icon Packs Funded! For every icon category pack, we'll add 10 more icons 
> to Font Awesome Free and another 30 more icons to Font Awesome Pro. These 
> icon packs are available for free for all Pro backers, but will cost $10 each 
> after the Kickstarter. Support now and save!
> 
> Chris
> 
> Am 03.01.17, 21:12 schrieb "carlos.rov...@gmail.com im Auftrag von Carlos 
> Rovira" <carlos.rov...@gmail.com im Auftrag von 
> carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com>:
> 
>    I think that would be a great addition Om. Thanks for working on that! :)
> 
>    2017-01-03 20:00 GMT+01:00 OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com>:
> 
>> Just a heads-up, I have started working on a FontAwesome library for
>> FlexJS.  Some basic code is here, in case someone wants to take a peek:
>> https://github.com/apache/flex-asjs/tree/feature/fontawesome
>> 
>> I needed font awesome icons for the Flex Team Page app I have been building
>> using FlexJS and MDL.  I thought it would be a good addition.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Om
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/25/16, 11:56 PM, "OK" <p...@olafkrueger.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Got it, thanks for explanation Alex!
>>>> 
>>>> But one question is left:
>>>> What is the difference between just loading a font and embedding a font?
>>>> I thought "embedded" means that the font is delivered with our Flex
>>>> application so that it don't rely to
>>>> the client machine [1].
>>>> But if we able to just load the font and use it with FlexJS for me it
>>>> seems
>>>> that's pretty ok.
>>>> So what would "embedding" mean in this context and what advantages would
>>>> font "embedding" have?
>>> 
>>> True embedding means that the font data is encoded into the SWF or
>> HTML/JS
>>> file and not a separate request to the server.
>>> Loading means a separate request for the server.  It turns out that in
>> our
>>> current loading of a font SWF the font is embedded into the separate font
>>> SWF.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> -Alex
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
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