Doesn't MOSS stand for Maldives Open Source Society? I can't find a lot of info on them as they don't seem to be active online at the moment, but I did find this:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-core-marketing/2009-June/000000.html Maybe someone could e-mail the author of that message and ask if they can be of assistance in determining the copyright status of the font? Based on that e-mail it appears they may be the same group as the Maldives Linux Users Group: http://www.mlug.mv/ Just some ideas... 2013/2/12, Mark A. Hershberger <[email protected]>: > On 02/12/2013 03:56 AM, oәuɐႡɔsʇnәp nɐႡsn wrote: >> Hello. The fonts at Dhivehi Wikipedia and Wiktionary are not webfonts. If >> possible could the fonts be changed >> to Faruma which can be downloaded from here: >> > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mvishah/ttf-dhivehi-fonts/trunk/view/head:/ttf-thaana-fonts/faruma.ttf > > The copyright for that package is GPL (see > https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mvishah/ttf-dhivehi-fonts/trunk/view/head:/debian/copyright), > which we could use. > > However, it isn't clear that the font itself is under the GPL. The > copyright file says "downloaded from http://moss.org.mv"; but > moss.org.mv doesn't appear to be registered currently so there is no DNS > domain. > > IANAL, but I think we need to show proper provenance for the fonts > before we can use it and right now, it looks like I'm hitting a dead end. > > > -- > http://hexmode.com/ > > There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. > -- Mahatma Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War" > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- skype: node.ue _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
