RE: Agenda, action items and suggested WOFF changes

On Friday, May 14, 2010 John Daggett suggested this statement: 

 

>         The font embedding permissions set in

>         the font contained in a WOFF file MUST

>         NOT affect load behavior in user agents

>         and MUST NOT affect whether tools

>         produce a WOFF file from an underlying

>         font.  In general, it cannot be assumed

>         that embedding permissions in the font

>         OS/2 table fsType field correspond to

>         licensing of fonts for use on the web.

>         Web authors are therefore expected to

>         have made adequate efforts to make sure

>         that the font license corresponds to the

>         intended use.

 

Personally, I liked this one. It captures the essence of the situation as I
see it: that the fsType field may not be relevant to web fonts usage, and
that web authors should take responsibility for any web fonts they use on
their site (just like they do with other assets). 

 

Bill Davis

Ascender Corp