[theme-reviewers] bundled resources

[Otto]

I'd say it is fine to optionally use fonts from public resources like
Google Fonts and similar. However, yes, the theme needs to link to
something about that font somewhere. This something should both be a
credit page, as well as stating what license the font is available
under.

For example, if a theme used Open Sans from Google Fonts, then I'd
expect it to have a link in comments or the readme.txt file to
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans , which states where
the font came from as well as the Apache License it's available under.

Font licensing can be complex and tricky, so it's important that fonts
used by themes have licenses which allow their usage on sites.

Additionally, note that not every web user can see fonts from
third-party sites, so appropriate fallbacks should be coded into the
CSS to allow for more "default" fonts to be used as well.

-Otto


On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:22 AM, carolina poena <myazalea at hotmail.com> wrote:
> A question from a recent ticket:
> "the reviewer asked for including font license, but the theme doesn't bundle
> or distribute the fonts?"
>
>
> -Are enqueued fonts not to be treated the same as fonts that are actually
> included in the themes folders?
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:58:44 -0400
> From: chip at chipbennett.net
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] bundled resources
>
>
> Nope; that is sufficient. It just needs to be included in the Theme.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:57 PM, carolina poena <myazalea at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Is it not enough if the bundled resource (when applicable) state their
> copryright and license at the top of their file? Does it still need to be
> stated in a seperate readme file?
>
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