Hi Anthony, *, On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Anthony Easthope <[email protected]> wrote: > Checking the license for every single font can be a pain!
Whoever adds a font to the list is supposed to check the license and add it to the info on the wiki page. If you meant to check what fonts are compatible with respect to including it in the installer: So far, there is OFL (clearly compatible), ALv2 (clearly compatible), UFL ( similar to OFL, and wrt using the fonts there is no difference - usage and distribution of the unmodified font is not restricted, it differs slightly from OFL in what stuff you need to do when creating modified versions of the fonts). And there is one font listed both in an OFL variant as well as with a custom license (Paratype License). Choosing the Paratype License it is allowed to use the font free of charge, be it for commercial use or private, it is allowed to bundle it with other software, be it commercial or not, offer it for free download (i.e. no problem hosting it in the repositories where you could argue that you're offering stuff for download as a standalone item). You can even create modified versions (but not use the same name, similar to the license of the Bitstream Vera Fonts). The only restriction is that you are not allowed to sell the font by itself. I.e. selling LibreOffice that bundles the font is fine. But charging someone just to get the font is not. (Bitstream Vera License had the same restriction) As Bistream Vera was bundled with OOo and LO, there is no problem with that license either. So far, the licenses are all compatible. OFL-like, Bistream-Vera-Like, Apache License. Disclaimer: IANAL ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
