RE: CSS3 @font-face / EOT Fonts - new compromise proposal

Like I mentioned in my reply to David, I believe that UA should just use
whatever font is served - no questions asked. 

Vlad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-style-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Brady Duga
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 2:09 PM
> To: Dave Singer
> Cc: Brady Duga; www-style@w3.org
> Subject: Re: CSS3 @font-face / EOT Fonts - new compromise proposal
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Dave Singer wrote:
> >
> > If a user-agent is requested to use an embedded font that is not 
> > labelled as freely usable, and that font is not 
> 'obfuscated', the UA 
> > MUST refuse to use the font.
> 
> Does this imply that a local font could not be used for a 
> local CSS document if it is not marked as allowed for 
> embedding? Or is this somehow tied to the transport 
> mechanism? So, only files served using a scheme that requires 
> network access would require this? What about other forms of 
> encryption/obfuscation? Would those be illegal?
> 
> --Brady
> 
> 
>

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