Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb/wrote:
* Raul Miller:
I don't see anything in the GPL which requires source for things
which have been left out of the program being required.
The subsetted font is not the preferred form of doing modifications to
the font.
You don't distribute the
* Raul Miller:
Anyway, this isn't the case I'm really interested in. And if there's
real source code, it should be reasonably clear that the GPL is
impractical.
I don't really understand this. I suspect I'm not thinking what you're
thinking real sourced code means.
A METAFONT program,
I don't really understand this. I suspect I'm not thinking what you're
thinking real sourced code means.
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:18:37AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
A METAFONT program, for example.
Ok, but in that context it's pretty clear that the font is not the
program. In that
I've been asked for advice regarding copyleft (GPL-like) font
licensing.
Without special exceptions, the GPL is not a suitable license for
fonts because it is common practice to embed fonts (or subsets of
fonts) into PDF documents (and other document formats). In this
scenario, the GPL would
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:20:06AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
I've been asked for advice regarding copyleft (GPL-like) font
licensing.
Without special exceptions, the GPL is not a suitable license for
fonts because it is common practice to embed fonts (or subsets of
fonts) into PDF
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:20:06AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
Without special exceptions, the GPL is not a suitable license for
fonts because it is common practice to embed fonts (or subsets of
fonts) into PDF documents (and other document formats). In this
scenario, the GPL would
* Raul Miller:
Why would subsetting be a problem?
I don't see anything in the GPL which requires source for things
which have been left out of the program being required.
The subsetted font is not the preferred form of doing modifications to
the font.
Anyway, this isn't the case I'm really
Why would subsetting be a problem?
I don't see anything in the GPL which requires source for things
which have been left out of the program being required.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 04:53:02PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
The subsetted font is not the preferred form of doing modifications
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:20:06AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
Maybe fonts could be licensed under the GPL plus the following
exception?
| As a special exception, if a document file embeds Type 1, TrueType,
| OpenType or bitmap fonts derived from this source code, these fonts
| do not by
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