Re: Font licencing

[roucaries bastien <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com>]

On 8/13/05, Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 01:42:31AM +0000, roucaries bastien wrote:
> > If you want to use the previous exeption put also in human readable
> > form the following credit in your file before the licence: ''This
> > software use a /OtherSubrs function that use the following licence:''.
> > If you do not wish to use this exeption, delete this exception
> > statement from your version.
> I'd just like to say -- please don't write your own licences.  There are
> a number of existing, very good, licences, which have been written and
> vetted by numerous excellent lawyers, and stood the test of time, and
> they still have some unresolved issues and ambiguities.  Adding to the
> plethora of licences already out there does not improve this situation,
> and frequently doesn't achieve your goals due to loopholes in the bits
> you added or changed (as above).  It only makes it more confusing for
> application writers, who have to work out how ten bajillion separate and
> entirely well-intentioned exceptions and modifications work together and
> interact.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
Thank you that do you think about zlib licence about a font? I know it
is a little bit weird. Do you have objection?

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