You are correct.
I believe there were some attempts to contact the creator.
Comments anyone?
Regards,
tzahi.
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> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 9:49 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: OT: license problem with culmus fonts
>
>
> Hey,
>
> I took a look at the license of culmus fonts and I saw
> they are GPL, something felt wrong to me, what does it mean
> a font is GPLed?how does that affect things like PDF or ps of
> the document which might have the font inside?or latex
> documents. So I went to check around and found this:
>
> from the FSF faq:
>
> How does the GPL apply to fonts?
> Font licensing is a complex issue which needs serious
> consideration. The following license exception is
> experimental but approved for general use. We welcome
> suggestions on this subject -- please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> As a special exception, if you create a document which uses
> this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this
> font into the document, this font does not by itself cause
> the resulting document to be covered by the GNU General
> Public License. This exception does not however invalidate
> any other reasons why the document might be covered by the
> GNU General Public License. If you modify this font, you may
> extend this exception to your version of the font, but you
> are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
> delete this exception statement from your version.
>
> As culmus doesn't have this exception it seems a serious
> threat to any documents I give that uses culmus fonts and
> that I don't want to be GPLed It's even more serious threat
> about the documents I write under GFDL because those licenses
> are not compatible.
>
> Even with the exception the experimental part worries me when
> it's about documents which I really dont' want someone to be
> able to claim they are GPLed later on...
>
> I know there are other fonts which are GPL so what gives?Am I
> missing something basic that I should be aware of?
>
> Ely
>
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