On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:20:06AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > Maybe fonts could be licensed under the GPL plus the following > exception? > > | As a special exception, if a document file embeds Type 1, TrueType, > | OpenType or bitmap fonts derived from this source code, these fonts > | do not by themselves cause the resulting document file to be covered > | by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however > | invalidate any other reason why the document file might be covered > | by the GNU General Public License.
This is the right principle. You'll just have to enumerate all the cases where you don't want a copyleft. There's no way to avoid that. You will need to be very careful that you don't open a loophole in the process that destroys the copyleft process entirely. So look for similar edge cases where you *do* want the copyleft property. There isn't really much can be said beyond that. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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