Re: [Freebangfont-devel] Licensing issues

[Sayan Chakraborti]

I think that the fonts should have licenses similar to libraries. You should
use GNU Lesser General Public License, so that it can be used anywhere. But
I like the viral nature of GPL, you can also let it be that way....
greetings,
Sayan Chakraborti
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:22 PM
Subject: [Freebangfont-devel] Licensing issues


> The GPL states
>
>     b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
>     whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
>     part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
>     parties under the terms of this License.
>
> Does this mean that the fonts licensed under GPL would not be able to be
> installed in Windows?
> Also, there is another section which states
>
>
> These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
> identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
> and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
> themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those
> sections when you distribute them as separate works.  But when you
> distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
> on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
> this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
> entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote
> it.
> ....
>
> In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program
> with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of
> a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
> the scope of this License.
>
> So does that solve our problem??
>
> This becomes relevant as I have been approached by several organizations
> (one even rang me up) who are trying to work on Windows/Office XP with
> the fonts.
>
> -cheers-
> sdg
>
>
>
>
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