- From: Christopher Slye <cslye@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:00:05 -0700
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- CC: "public-webfonts-wg@w3.org" <public-webfonts-wg@w3.org>
Now that you mention it, I wonder if it's such a good idea to place that much weight on the word "install". We don't really want anything using the font, whether it's installed or not. Maybe I would change your suggested language: "... but decoded files should not be installed or used by other processes or documents on the system." -Christopher On Oct 1, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > Further, I suggest one change to appendix C: > > The WOFF-packaged data will typically be decoded to its original > sfnt format for use by existing font-rendering APIs that expect > OpenType font data, but such a decoded font should not be exposed as > a file on disk, and must not be installed "globally" for use by > other processes or documents on the system. > > should be: > > The WOFF-packaged data will typically be decoded to its original > sfnt format for use by existing font-rendering APIs that expect > OpenType font data. It is acceptable for clients to store decoded > files in a cache, but decoded files should not be installed for use > by other processes or documents on the system. > > I.e., I think it's ok for browsers to cache decoded files, but they > shouldn't be exposed in other ways.
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