Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-11 Thread Allan Day
Bastien Nocera wrote: ... > The question I would have is, guessing that we already have a list of > issues somewhere, do we have a comparison with other free software > fonts that already exist, and an explanation of why they're > inappropriate[1]? ... Sure, that's been done as a part of this pro

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-11 Thread Allan Day
Andreas Nilsson wrote: ... > Would the funds be for buying a license for it? > For releasing it under a free font license? It would be to liberate the font, so that further development happens in the open, using an free/open toolchain. The funds would also be directed to ensure that the font meet

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-11 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 07:24 +, Florian Müllner wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:06 ChangSeok Oh wrote: > > It sounds as if we have a used font for GNOME? =) > > We do, though it has some issues and is mostly unmaintained - its > name is Cantarell. The question I would have is, guessing that

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-11 Thread Florian Müllner
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:06 ChangSeok Oh wrote: It sounds as if we have a used font for GNOME? =) We do, though it has some issues and is mostly unmaintained - its name is Cantarell. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://m

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-10 Thread ChangSeok Oh
> And: why do we want a new font? :) It sounds as if we have a used font for GNOME? =) Having an own font for GUI is not that bad idea I think. Unity, Mac and Windows already have their unique font. ChangSeok > On Mar 11, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > > On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 0

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-10 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 00:02 +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > Would the funds be for buying a license for it? > For releasing it under a free font license? And: why do we want a new font? :) ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-10 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On 2015-03-10 23:30, Allan Day wrote: The font isn't in the public domain, so there isn't anything online right now. This would obviously change if we were to fund raise for it (I'm still in the process of figuring out if that's a viable option). Would the funds be for buying a license for it?

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-10 Thread Allan Day
Andreas Nilsson wrote: ... >>* Fundraising assistance for a new font for GNOME? The board was >> asked if it would be willing/able to assist in raising funding >> for Telder, by doing some (or all) of the following: asking >> adboard members for funds; committing

Re: Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-03-03 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On 2015-02-26 18:34, Jeff Fortin Tam wrote: * Fundraising assistance for a new font for GNOME? The board was asked if it would be willing/able to assist in raising funding for Telder, by doing some (or all) of the following: asking adboard members for funds; com

Agenda for board meeting on February 27th

2015-02-26 Thread Jeff Fortin Tam
Hello Foundation members! The board will be having its regular meeting this Friday at 17h UTC. Here's an overview of the proposed agenda/topics for this meeting: * Augmented mission statement document for a donation requirement * ED search - status of adboard outreach, and next steps