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Remove RFN #5

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davelab6 opened this issue Jul 19, 2015 · 0 comments
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Remove RFN #5

davelab6 opened this issue Jul 19, 2015 · 0 comments

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Currently your OFL copyright notice is:

Copyright (c) 2013, Fil Zembowicz ([email protected]), with Reserved Font Name 'Sarah Anne'

A reserved font name isn't a good idea for 2 reasons.

  1. It makes the process of collaboration via github cumbersome; if a
    memberof the general public clicks the 'fork' button up top right, they
    must either seek permission from you before-hand to use the RFN, or to
    immediately change the font name in the files as part of their first
    modification, and then you'll have to change it back.
  2. Many websites who self host the font files will modify them, doing
    subsetting and format conversion, which are both explicitly defined in the
    OFL as kinds of modification subject to the RFN restriction. SIL have been
    willing to offer their view that the most popular web font formats are not
    format conversions subject to the RFN restriction, but popular web font
    bundling service Font Squirrel includes the less popular formats too, which
    do. And subsetting remains. So, changing the name or contacting you are
    both administrative burdens for these downstream users, and if they do
    contact you, for you; and many people won't think carefully about this and
    will just do so without asking, which formally terminates their license.
    Putting them in that position is not a good situation.

So not having any RFNs is my best recommendation. To do this, change the notice to:

Copyright (c) 2013, Fil Zembowicz ([email protected])
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