Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote: >I came across Gerrit change 79948 today, which makes "VectorBeta" use a >pile of non-free fonts (with one free font thrown in at the end as a >sop). Is this really the direction we want to go, considering that in >many other areas we prefer to use free software whenever we can?
Thank you for raising this issue. It's definitely standard practice to prefer free over non-free throughout the Wikimedia world. While this is a technical mailing list, this is a topic dealing with legal issues. There's an open question in my mind as to what constitutes a "non-free font," particularly given that U.S. courts seem to reject the idea that a font can be copyrighted. More info here: <https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces>. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
