On Sun, 29 May 2005 02:06:51 +0200 Christoph Sch?fer <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Maciej, > > http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium_faq&_sc=1#22c6ec4f > > "Licensing > I would like to bundle Gentium with my application. Can you give me > permission? > > This is our most common question. At this point, the license does not > allow this. You would need to negotiate a separate distribution > license with us. If you are interested in this (and understand that it > will likely require some type of payment) please contact us. We are > looking toward more open development and licensing models, but that > will take time. > > Can I use the font on my web site? > > You can certainly create web pages that request that Gentium be used > to display them (if that font is available on the user_s system). > According to the license, you are even allowed to place the font on > your site for people to download it, but only if there is no charge > and the distribution file is identical to the one on our site. We > would strongly prefer, however, that you direct users to our site to > download the font. To make this easier, we_ve simplified the URL for > Gentium: scripts.sil.org/gentium > > Is Gentium going to stay free, or is it just a teaser for a later > commercial version? > > We do understand your concern here. There is no intention to ever > charge users for using Gentium. Those wishing to include Gentium with > a commercial product or bundle it with other items for sale, however, > would likely be required to pay licensing fees." > > > http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium&_sc=1 > > "Gentium is freely available and may be used by anyone at no cost. It > is not public domain, and cannot be altered, but can be given to > anyone who might need it." > > > In my understanding, creating files for printing (including commercial > > printing) is not distribution. This will, of course, not prevent an > overeager IP lawyer from going after you, but SIL is an international > organisation, recognised by the UN. > > > HTH > > Christoph > Thanks Christoph, I really appreciate your feedback, somehow, we are getting nearer :) Regarding the both "Polish" antiquas (which are widely used by Polish TeX users) that start the typeface list: 1. Antykwa Poltawskiego is definitely Public Domain, which means it's not copyrighted and you can do with it whatever you like: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/antp.html 2. Antykwa Torunska (Antiqua from Torun/Thorn) can be used and distributed for free (GNU licence), as stated on the website of it's author: http://www.janusz.nowacki.strefa.pl/index.html (Meanwhile confirmed on on pl.comp.dtp.tex ) 3. Myriad Pro and Minion Pro: still much uncertainty about this two. I think if we convert text to paths or don't embed them and deliver our documents along with our Live DTP CD http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Live_DTP_CD to the printer, nobody is going to sue us. But they still deserve a big, fat warning until we know better. BTW, since the most feedback on this topic is from German native speakers, what about initiating a similar wiki page in German, with German free fonts and text samples? It would be the first German Scribus Wiki article... LG Maciej ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de
