[FC-discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 37, Issue 9

[Brian Rowe]

Licensing fonts is also a very interesting issue.  Are fonts a form of
typeface outside of copyrights control or are the copyrightable? Is the
license a contract not back by copyright? I think that Adobe and I might
disagree on this issue.

But either way I would rather use something clearly marked libre or make a
stand on font freedom over getting special permission for just the org.

-Brian

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Karen Rustad <karen.rustad at gmail.com>wrote:

> Back when we redesigned the website, we asked for and received permission
> from the font owner to use it for SFC.
>
> That said, it still could be worth considering finding a libre font for
> purely ideological purposes....
>
> -- Karen
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Luke Taylor <luke_joseph at hotmail.co.uk>wrote:
>
>>  >> Hey all,
>> >> Does anybody have a copy of / know where I can get the fonts in the
>> images on the main page:eg.
>> http://freeculture.org/wp-content/themes/fco-wordpress-theme/images/boxes/whatisfc.png
>> >> Thanks all!
>> >> LukeManchester Free Culture
>>
>> > It's P22 Typewriter -- I believe there is a copy of it on the SFC media
>> > dump?
>>
>>
>> Wow... I just downloaded P22 TypeWriter and it was bundled with a very
>> restrictive license. Why don't we use a free font?
>>
>> Also, if freeculture.org hasn't paid for P22 typewriter then we are
>> illegally using it:
>>
>> license:
>>
>> "......This font set....may not be embedded within any document that will
>> be distributed outside of the licensed
>>  group of computers without the written permission of P22/IHOF......"
>>
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