Re: Code2000 on SourceForge (was Re: [indic] Re: Lack of Complex script rendering support on Android)

From: Szelp, A. Sz. <a.sz.szelp_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:49:35 +0100

James,

you might want to review (at least) the OFL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License, a license specifically
created for fonts, created with freedoms in mind. In several respects it
fits fonts much better than GPLv3.

/Sz

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 18:12, James Kass <jameskass_at_att.net> wrote:

> I rather would stick with GPLv3, simply because more permissive license
> threatens freedom. For example, someone may take over my fonts, develop
> them further, and subsequently change their license to something
> commercial-only. It is what I want to avoid. Just something like stories
> known from MACOS X, initially Berkeley-licensed-software derivative,
> finally commercialized product.
>
>
> James Kass
>
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