Re: [DejaVu-fonts] Indic Language in Dejavu

[Ben L. <ben...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 06 September 2006 17:51, Sander Vesik wrote:
> I for one would like to have my changes to DejaVu remain in public
> domain and the assumption needs to continue to hold for contributions
> of others aswell, even after any Vera relicencing (should that
> actually happen). Unless of course the person says otherwise.

I never really understood the public domain part of our license very 
well. What does it mean for example that G with hook is under public 
domain, and normal G not, or what about mute e. If one is under public 
domain, you can get the original glyh quite easy again, and would that 
make your original glyph suddenly public domain? Certainly not, but I 
really want to get rid of that twilight zone between the two, and have 
preferably everything under the same license.

The Open Font License seems the one the community chose as the best free 
font license, as can be seen in all the latest font discussions. That's 
why the effort is being undertaken to get Vera relicensed under OFL for 
example. Though it must be said that it may be too restrictive for 
some.

Anyway, your concerns will be taken into consideration. Nothing is 
decided either, but I think that at least something should be done 
about the current situation.

Greetings
Ben