On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:00:42PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > But there _are_ good free fonts. Most because someone bought them off > the author(s) and released them free. Like the OpenOffice fonts.
A few. > Maybe it would be interesting to ask font designers for the price to > release their work for free ;) > Or buy a font, name it after your love and then release it for "free" - > there's lots of wired stuff to do with arts ;) The going rate is much higher than most of us would be willing to pay - I'm betting at least a thousand dollars, especially for a decent font. (How much would you sell all rights to one of your programs for?) > The main fear with artists is that they won't be given credit for their > work, i think. I'm not sure that being free or not will make any difference. Virtually every free license demands credit, at least in fact that your name may not be removed. > Third, his additions did not fit to my style at all, broke the rythm, > the symmetries etc. I think this is a big concern of a lot of font makes, which is part of the reason they don't have free licenses. > Maybe we could do a sample "Open Art Licence", based on the Open Music > and Open Publication Licences? This could encourage artists to publish > their work under these licenses. Is it really nessecary? Personally, for fonts, I was going to recommend either a simple, BSDish license, or the Araphic Font license. An Open Art License shouldn't be created unless there's actually a need. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis
