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

[Daniel Tara]

Nope, don't agree with you. That list refers specifically to licenses intended to be used by fonts and font packs. It is implied that any other GPL compatible license is allowed. Although since licenses like GPL, MIT, BSD were created for software built from source code it's usually inconvenient to use them for artwork such as images or fonts, hence the necessity for font-specific licenses such as SIL.

Daniel

On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Merci Javier wrote:

> @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.
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> 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.
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> Daniel
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> On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:29 AM, Merci Javier wrote:
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>> 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. 
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>> 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 ;)
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>> Emil
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>> 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*
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>> 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 :)
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>> 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. 
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>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>> No, no, no, no.
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>> Each font family has its own license; only the ones licensed as SIL would be considered GPL-compatible.
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>> On 14 November 2012 15:12, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Seen via @_mfields just moments ago:
>> http://fontello.com/
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>> Huzzah!
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