[theme-reviewers] Font license issue

[Emil Uzelac]

Here you go http://1866creekfreedmen.com/PAGE/readme.txt that will be good
enough for you.


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On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> I use something like the following in Oenology:
>
> Bundled Fonts
>
> TexGyre Schola Font, Copyright 2005, 2006 C. R. Holder
>
>    1. Source: TeXGyre Schola Font<http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/TeX-Gyre-Schola>
>    2. License: GUST Font License (GFL) (GPL-compatible)
>    3. License URI: /fonts/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt<http://www.themereview.chipbennett.net/wp-content/themes/oenology/fonts/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt>
>
>
> To modify it for this use case:
>
> Bundled Fonts
>
> Segan Light Font, Copyright [Year] [developer]
>
>    1. Source: http://www.dafont.com/segan.font
>    2. License: "Free for personal or commercial use"
>    3. License URI: http://www.dafont.com/segan.font
>
>
> That's about the best that can be expected, I think.
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:01 PM, James Laws <jamielaws at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, it seems where at all possible that some sort of explanation, link
>> or something should be included ti support the claim, "Free for personal
>> or commercial use". Not sure really.
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> I would say, unless someone overrules us, that generic "Free for personal
>>> or commercial use" license statements are acceptable for bundled fonts.
>>>
>>> My only concern regards distribution. The use-case of someone needing to
>>> modify a font file is enough of an edge case that someone in such a use case
>>> could be reasonably expected to contact the developer to inquire about
>>> modification.
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:49 PM, James Laws <jamielaws at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.dafont.com/segan.font
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.dafont.com/segan.font>I couldn't find much on it in a
>>>> cursory Google search. There was this:
>>>> http://www.maxfonts.com/fonts/s/segan.font to contact the author. But
>>>> that was about it.
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What is the font in question? Odds are, there will be a more specific
>>>>> license, somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise, I'm not sure, because rights of modification and
>>>>> redistribution would not be made clear.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chip
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:41 PM, James Laws <jamielaws at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll admit, I'm not great with some GPL stuff. With all these free
>>>>>> font sites around what do we do with font that have no explicit license to
>>>>>> speak of and simply state "free for personal and corporate use". Are these
>>>>>> ok, and if so what's the stance on documentation of said non-existent
>>>>>> license?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>>>
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