On 08/17/2010 01:18 PM, François Cami wrote: > Hi, > > Please note than I am very far from being a lawyer. > > I would like to package a particular font for cultural reasons. Its > glyphs can be used to render two languages and it has been created on > behalf of an official government body for cultural purposes. That body > is distributing it through its website. Unfortunately, the archive > does not contain any licensing information. I emailed that particular > government, and got a reply saying the font was "was developed for > free distribution" and that the government "(allows the) public to > freely download. It is copyrighted to <insert government body here>". > > I have read the licensing guidelines for fonts and I am aware that is > not sufficient, as IIRC that means the font cannot be modified, and > probably cannot be distributed by third parties. Am I right in > believing this? This is correct. > I have asked them to add a copyright notice and a license to the zip > file, preferably (of course) the SIL Open Font License 1.1. > > Any advice would be nice. It never hurts to explain to them exactly what you want, with regards to licensing rights. In broad terms, you want: * The right to freely use the font, without restrictions * The right to modify the font, without restrictions * The right to freely redistribute the font, without restrictions * To be able to pass those rights along to anyone who receives a copy of the font Good luck! ~spot _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
