Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?
Terry Hancock wrote:
> Francesco Poli wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:21:05 +0000 MJ Ray wrote:
>> This means that forbidding derived works to carry the same name as the
>> original software is acceptable.
>> I believe that forbidding an unlimited and arbitrary list of Reserved
>> Font Names goes beyond and is *not* DFSG-free.
>
> Surely requiring you not to use trademarked names is par for the course
> with font licenses? I think this is the *same* as the DFSG allowing
> name-change requirements. In fact, it sounds like they are doing you a
> service by providing a list of trademarked names that would be infringing.
Don't try to enforce trademarks using copyright law; it's almost always
non-free.
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