On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 2:59 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 1:51 PM Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > But that implies that a word can't contain another word, I think?
> >
> Now we're having fun!
>
> > "UWash" for example I would argue contains a number of words ("ash",
> > "wash", "as", "a", for starters). Unless "word" has a special
> > domain-specific meaning in the world of font foundry names (does it?)
> > it is not clear to me that this developer would agree that "UWash"
> > does not violate the restriction.
> >
> The most reasonable interpretation in my view is that the context
> matters. So a word that is a variation of the form would be the same
> "word" for the purposes of the licence. For example, "ash" and
> "ashen". But if it's a string that happens to appear in another,
> unrelated word, they are separate words. For example, "ash" and
> "wash". In my original example, the fact that "UWash" is a name the
> University of Washington uses supports the "it's not the same word"
> argument. If I were to name a font "uwash-ttyp0", the "they're
> separate words" case is weaker, but not a slam dunk.
>
> I don't think you're arguing against the general concept (e.g. ASL 2.0
> section 6), so the question is really "what's the minimum length?" If
> General Electric released software under ASL 2.0 (replacing "Apache"
> with "General Electric"), section 6 would preclude using "GE" in the
> name of a derivative as that is a trademark of General Electric. So I
> think we have to be okay with two-letter names if we're okay with ASL,
> don't we? Similarly, calling a derivative work "stoneage", while it
> contains the consecutive letters "g" and "e", seems obviously
> acceptable under ASL 2.0 section 6.
>
> I understand the philosophical issue with restricting renaming
> generally. But I think if we go down that road, that represents a
> significant policy shift from our past practice.
OK, well I withdraw my objections to treating this as an acceptable
Fedora license for fonts. I reserve the right to complain about a
similar future non-font-oriented license. :-)
Richard
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