RE: EOT-Lite File Format

< On Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:12 PM Robert O'Callahan wrote:

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< Bill seems to be saying that they do, in fact, require *some* kind of access control: 

< http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-font/2009JulSep/0771.html 

< Although even his clarification isn't as clear as I would like.

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< Bill, can you answer this question: if I put a null-rootstring Ascender EOT font on my 

< public server, does Ascender consider me to be compliant with the font license, or not?

< 

< Rob

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< < On Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:20 PM Sylvain Galineau wrote:

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< < Yes, it may pay to get this clear. However, this is a bit of a contradiction with one 

< < of the main arguments against rootstrings: their practical usability. If they’re so hard 

< < and/or expensive to manage in practice, then they’re not an attractive way for users to 

< < comply with such a bit of license. We can’t say EOT’s rootstrings are practically 

< < undeployable then turn around and say that well, EOTL will just use rootstrings for 

< < all that massive installed base that checks them. 

< <

< < So whether this can work may come down to the license language. If it requires 

< < same-origin check then the installed base benefit is hugely offset.

 

Rob,

 

I’ll try to be more clear. 

 

Our EULA will require that the licensee (the web author/designer) reasonably restrict access to the EOT Lite font to prevent hotlinking or deeplinking.

 

To answer your question, if you employed a technique such as http referer you would be compliant.

 

Bill