- From: Ralf Herrmann <post@opentype.info>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:19:57 +0000
- To: www-style@w3.org
bare font > files with same-origin restrictions, so it is unclear if font vendors oppose > it. If they don't like linking fonts without built-in URL-binding, they won't like linking fonts without URL-binding but a same-origin restriction, because it offers no additional security for the font vendor. It is just a default hotlinking protection. If someone would want to use the font without a license, he would just need to visit a site that uses the font, fetch it from the cache and upload it to a new website. Or they could install the font locally to do print designs with it. And these are the problems the font foundries fear. Nethertheless, I think the combination of a same-origin rule and Access Control Headers makes a lot of sense and I hope other browser will adapt it. Ralf
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