- From: Gustavo Ferreira <gustavo.ferreira@hipertipo.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:53:21 -0200
- To: www-style@w3.org
Op Nov 12, 2008, om 12:39 AM heeft Thomas Phinney het volgende geschreven: > Gustavo wrote: > >>> Op Nov 11, 2008, om 9:14 PM heeft Levantovsky, Vladimir het >>> volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:56 PM Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >>>> >>>> Before we get lost in rhetoric again, let us remember that >>>> existing font formats already expose such licensing restrictions. >>>> We >>>> don't have to invent any new technical solution for combining a >>>> font >>>> with its restrictions. The only thing that is legitimately being >>>> discussed is the matter of obfuscation: whether it is necessary >>>> and, if >>>> so, what manner of obfuscation is optimal. >>> >>> I must respectfully disagree. Existing fonts only expose >>> information on embedding restrictions, all other conditions such as >>> scope of use and distribution, etc., are outlined in the actual font >>> license and are not machine-readable. >> >> i agree with vladimir, current bits do not represent the terms for >> font usage on the web. > > Absolutely true. > >> this proposal by fontlab attemps to do so: http://www.eeulaa.org/ >> open_type.html > > Which has its own issues, unfortunately. can you elaborate? :-) - g.
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