- From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:38:16 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Nov 11, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Dave Singer wrote: >> >> I'm going to try to summarize what I think I am hearing. I don't >> necessarily agree or disagree with what this, you understand, I am >> trying to get clarity in at least my own mind. >> >> On the 'serving' side, we are looking for an indication in the font >> that >> shows whether it's freely usable or not. > > It's unclear that we should be looking for this, unless knowing this > solves a user or Web developer problem. Does it? > [remaining clear that this is merely a summary of what I think I read, not a proposal] I think it's that we have to admit that both restricted-use and free fonts may exist, and those making restricted-use fonts want there to be some indications and support for the restrictions, and those making/using free fonts think that there should not be such indications or tech. support for (non-existent) restrictions.
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