On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Mattias Andrée <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:12 +0100
> Christian Neukirchen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> [email protected] (mpu) writes:
>>
>> > Ben Woolley <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> What licenses are the tools and the font? There doesn't
>> >> seem to be a copyright statement or license anywhere.
>> >> Maybe
>> >>I am missing something obvious...
>> >
>> > The license and the font are now public domain, maybe
>> > I'll put a BSD license on the font some day, when I
>> > judge the quality makes it worth it.
>>
>> In the US and in Germany, pixel fonts can not be
>> copyrighted and are thus public domain.
>>
>
> WTF‽ That is the stupidest thing ever. They are equally
> difficult and time consuming to make.

However, the font name is copyrightable which is often way you see
similar looking fonts (possibly copied) with a derivative name.

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