For approval: SIL Open Font License 1.1
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Nov 8 18:08:59 UTC 2008
Bruce Perens writes:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > The average user has no idea how to distribute a font along-side. If
> > the font isn't embedded by default by the application, other options are
> > not going to occur to them.
> Not sure I agree, anyone can drag icons into a folder icon. But I'll
> give you a different example. User gives another user a copy of the
> fonts on a USB stick. Violates license.
In a picayune manner it violates the license. Bruce, if the
requirement bothers you so much, then make a little shell script for
distributing fonts which always includes itself in the distribution.
Done. Next problem?
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