Re: [Indlinux-group] AksharYogini font family released

[Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ) <fos...@gm...>]

On 04/06/2009 12:56 PM, G Karunakar wrote:

> The one way out I could think of is if their terms and conditions can also
> specify clearly if the font can be modified (or derivative works can be
> created). Discussing with the designer it seemed, derivative works are
> discouraged, but modifications / bugs in font could be suggested.
>
> So one way out - say publisher is considered upstream, then bugs/patches
> for font could be made and sent upstream, to have it fixed and a new
> release made. So in such case upstream, is holding control on font
> release, and maintain it as official font release, I am not sure if this
> still will make font 'free' .

There is a somewhat elusive corner case - that of handling derivatives 
based on the font which include modifications not in the original font 
itself.

The current and, somewhat technical issue is that the precise wording 
does not seem to allow modifications unless it is done by the upstream 
(where upstream is as defined by Karunakar above).


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