Re: [Freebangfont-devel] Licensing issues

[Kaushik Ghose]

HI,
I read the GPL a while back, patiently, and I remember understanding that
the nature of the OS does not matter.

the extent of the license pertains to the program/documentation and
modifications of it.

Is the question more, what happens if the fonts are loaded by a program
that is not GPLd ?

I think here the font itself should have the same properties as a GPLd
text file - you can load it with any editor and thats not a problem, so
loading the font with any software should not be a problem.
Its when you redistribute/modify the font that the license applies.

-kg

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Sayan Chakraborti wrote:

> 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
>   address@hidden
> ----- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ]
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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