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Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization

Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization

Posted Jun 21, 2012 5:53 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization by rfontana
Parent article: Liberation fonts and the tricky task of internationalization

> The correct conclusion may indeed be that no amount of legitimate and
> well-intended addition of permissions atop GPL will yield a good font
> license.

The GPL intent could be declined in a new font-oriented license, but just adding new clauses won't work. OFL was successful because it was a license rewrite targeting fonts explicitly, with short and easy-to-understand terms.


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