- From: Thomas Phinney <tphinney@adobe.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:35:31 -0800
- To: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Dave Singer wrote: > I think I've said this before, but I fail to see how this is a > productive discussion. > > There are many commercial fonts; we want a system in which the font > owners are comfortable with them being used on the web. > > There are also freely distributable fonts. We want a system which > does not imply that these fonts are not freely distributable, or harm > their use and re-use. > > > Now, perhaps we will need a discussion about which of these goals to > weaken, if we fail to come up with a way of meeting both of them. > But given the fluidity of the space right now, I think it rather > premature to see that failure as inevitable, don't you? I have avoided bringing up quality arguments before. But I feel I need to respond - once anyway - to people who use the counter-argument that quality isn't an issue for free fonts, even if I haven't been making the argument that it matters. Anyway, I won't take that bait any further. I recognize that other folks may have different opinions. Cheers, T
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