TLOMT Sniglet fonts/LicenseEmail

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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:09:27 -0500

From: Haley Fiege 

To: =?utf-8?b?TcOhaXLDrcKtbg==?= Duffy 

Subject: Re: Sniglet font license?

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Hey!

I'm actually in the middle of updating the license for Sniglet right =20

now. It is licensed under OFL, so you can include it in Fedora Linux. =20

Dafont doesn't allow for custom licensing, which is why is says =20

personal use right now (there's a drop down menu with like 4 choices), =20

so I'm waiting for them up update the font file which includes meta =20

data but they're super slow.

Thanks for the email and good luck with your project.

Haley

Quoting M=C3=A1ir=C3=AD=C2=ADn Duffy :

> Hi Haley,

>

> The League of Moveable Type is showcasing your font as an example of a

> font licensed under the Open Font License [1]. While the Sniglet page

> on your website [2] doesn't seem to indicate any particular license,

> the dafont.com page your site refers to [3] indicates "Free for

> personal use." That doesn't seem consistent with the Open Font License

> to me, since the OFL does allow for commercial uage.

>

> So, I just wanted to ask you - did you intend for Sniglet to be

> licensed under the OFL?

>

> I ask because we think it's an awesome font and would like to include

> it in Fedora Linux - we can't if it's limited to free for personal use

> only, though [4] since such a license would limit the distributability

> of Linux. We can include Sniglet if it's OFL-licensed, though. The font

> itself doesn't provide any guidance in its metadata.

>

> Thanks for any guidance you may be able to provide,

> ~m

>

> [1] http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/2-sniglet

> [2] http://www.kingdomofawesome.com/sniglet.php

> [3] http://www.dafont.com/sniglet.font

> [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Font_Licenses