[theme-reviewers] GPL-compatible icon fonts, all in one place

Merci Javier mercijavier at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 01:59:32 UTC 2012


@Daniel first of all, the title of this thread is "GPL-compatible icon
fonts" === fonts. The link is reference for all theme developers and
reviewers. If fonts licensed MIT and BSD are GPL-compatible, then they
should be listed there. Simple really. No need for rant.


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Daniel Tara <contact at onedesigns.com> wrote:

> Can you please once and for all stop making unilateral observations about
> license compatibility. Every time a license is mentioned someone says they
> don't see it listed in <insert link that lists GPL compatible licenses
> here>. Just do some research before posting something like that. BSD and
> MIT are umbrella terms for 2 original licenses that have since been forked
> under several different names, all of which are compatible with the GPL.
> This is also the case with most open source licenses so you usually won't
> find an exhaustive list of compatible licenses anywhere, but a simple
> google search might enlighten the matter.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:29 AM, Merci Javier wrote:
>
> I'm looking at the compatible font licenses at
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#GPL-Compatible_Font_Licenses
> and I don't see BSD and  MIT licenses listed as GPL-compatible.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>
>> nice, but not new, they have been around for some time now ;)
>>
>> Emil
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No worries -- I saw the "GPL-compatible" and got unreasonably excited.
>>> *grin*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ha! You're right – I see CC-BY and get all upset :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 November 2012 15:23, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And you're wrong -- with the exception of the two licensed
>>>>> CC-BY/CC-BY-SA, all of those are compatible. There are SIL-, BSD- and
>>>>> MIT-licensed fonts there aplenty.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No, no, no, no.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Each font family has its own license; only the ones licensed as SIL
>>>>>> would be considered GPL-compatible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 November 2012 15:12, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seen via @_mfields just moments ago:
>>>>>>> http://fontello.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Huzzah!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> -Doug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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