In a message dated 11/2/2008 10:26:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 01:17 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The single priority I have for openfontlibrary is: Creating a new > openfontlibrary without any copyleft fonts. (and banning any new ones > from appearing) Initially, Openfontlibrary was created as a place > for fonts dedicated to the Public Domain. Things dedicated to the > public domain are not copyleft. On the other hand, anyone can take a public domain resource (in the USA) and re-release it under the GPL, even if they are not the creator. That's where the first GNU "tar" program came from, for example -- by taking pdtar, without consulting the author. Here in Canada there's no such thing as public domain. Maybe it would be better if OFL made it clear which licence was in use for a given font, and let people search and filter by licence? Liam Canada does indeed have a public domain. In fact, there are even Canadian public domain websites... _http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071022-european-copyright-law-used-to- threaten-canadian-public-domain-site.html_ (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071022-european-copyright-law-used-to-threaten-canadian-public-domain-sit e.html) >and let people search and filter by licence? That's a fine feature request...However, I still want there to be an open font site without any copyleft fonts, and which encourages people considering releasing their fonts to use alternatives to copyleft. **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)
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