- From: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:56:06 +0000
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- CC: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>, "www-font@w3.org" <www-font@w3.org>
Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:jackalmage@gmail.com] wrote: >> In other words, demand would rise for fonts >> with fewer restrictions and supply would >> follow, diminishing the pricing power of >> vendors of restricted-license fonts. > >That will happen or not regardless of the webfont format chosen. I certainly agree that no matter what, you'll see more fonts that clearly describe their licensing and restrictions. >*No* proposal floated in this group pays the slightest bit of attention >to distribution rights on the author's side. They generally differ only >on the degree of effort a website *viewer* has to expend to download a >font they see on a website and use it on their computer. Actually, I see it a little differently. Accurately and clearly describing the licensing rights you have in the font makes a HUGE different to the author.
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