Vlad> We all seem to agree that the primary purpose of metadata is to enable
font developers to publicize their work and to make font information readily
accessible to users.
You may all agree. But I believe in the long term the best purpose of
metadata is to enable web authors to use font information to make
typographic content more accessible to users.
I think that users will want to check to see if the author whose site they
are browsing has used the fonts according to the metadata. And, I think "who
made it" is low on the author's and user's list when it comes to useful web
font metadata.
Cheers!