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Re: Request for input before submitting Adobe’s Source Sans.



On Tue, 2024-02-27 at 07:47 -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote:

> Does anyone know any way to check if the fonts have the same “font
> data” in any other way besides checking if they are bit-for-bit
> identical?

The license text uses "derivative works" (legal term) in the preamble
and "Modified Version" in the conditions. The latter includes the
phrase "changing formats". So I think the bit-for-bit identical
check is the only way to determine if the RFN is violated or not.

https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

-- 
bye,
pabs

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