Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Properly attributing free fonts?

[Thomas HARDING]

On 04/11/2015 20:25, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote:
> Wow the font situation sounds like a big mess!! Thanks for explaining
> a complicated situation as clearly as you can.
>
> What do you think about using fonts in free software and free culture
> works under the CC-BY-SA 4.0? Should I go for fonts under certain
> licenses like GPLv3? And once I use those fonts, is it required by
> some licenses to provide attribution in my works?
>
> What can be done to clean up the mess?

My answer was on "Open Font Licence" usage I done.

Typesetting is an art, where a minor change in font can
make your production a complete mess.

* ensuring derivatives identification is needed
* ensuring to identify glyphs shape change as a major version is needed.
* allow new "plans", merged and identified, is needed (often there is 
only ASCII set)
* minor corrections such as spins and kerning should be allowed as 
"minor version"
* regarding Free Software, copyright and license terms are far more 
important than credits, nevertheless, something consistent would make
credits display easier to handle (Font name, who ©when, licence acronym)

Most often, fonts are not bundled with software.

Obviously, when a build is done for proprietary systems, package will 
likely include fonts.

That's the main point we miss and is complained here.



Best Regards,
TSFH.

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