[theme-reviewers] Font license issue

[James Laws]

Chip & Emil, great stuff. Thanks for your assistance.

James

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> 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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