[theme-reviewers] Google Fonts

[Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)]

He needs to include a version of the GPL compatible license as a .txt file with the fonts bundled in his theme.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Emil Uzelac 
  To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org 
  Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Google Fonts


  Christian, not really, this what you sent is the general TOS of Google accounts and I am afraid they have very little or nothing to do with their Fonts. Once again:
  Google Fonts are released under Apache License, version 2.0 and/org SIL Open Font License, 1.1, both are equivalent to GPL and there for a reason.  There's no dual license when it comes to things like that, it's either "open-source" or not :) So Syahir yes you can. Period.
  Emil



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  On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Cristian NISTOR <cristian.marius.nistor at gmail.com> wrote:

    Also you should read the TOS for "the Service" Google code, obviously if you want to stay informed ;).

    "The fonts in the directory are all released under open source licenses; you can use them on any non-commercial or commercial project."

    I am using two of these fonts in my themes, the only issue being that in some cases the font is not rendered correctly, but this is not related with this subject.

    Regards,
    Cristian Nistor


    2011/1/16 Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> 


      Hey, look: it's a licensing issue that Otto and I agree on! ;) 


      Chip 



      On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

        On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
        > I can't think of any objections to using the Google Font API under any
        > circumstances (though someone may challenge me on that?). All you're doing
        > is adding in a link to an external CSS file.


        A link to Google's servers for using fonts that aren't actually
        included in the theme does not incur any license issues, and I'll kill
        any man who says differently!

        Or at least disagree with them vehemently... Maybe. ;)

        -Otto

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