On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Simos Xenitellis <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Their font is based on Bitstream Vera, > http://www-old.gnome.org/fonts/ > which has full information + FAQ about licensing. >
The debian bug report I mentioned earlier in thread points to this licensing PDF: http://www.ecofont.eu/assets/files/Ecofont_licence.pdf I have not examined that PDF in detail, but it both claims to be under the GPL while also adding additional conditions. Something sounds fishy there. According to the notes on the bug report "[the content of the license text] make this non-free at a minimum, and possibly illegal to distribute. It also seems to hint that it may be patent encumbered or similar." Unless there's additional information available, these specific fonts look DOA. Looking forward, unless EcoFont has a patent on swiss-cheesing fonts, one could potentially make swiss-cheese versions of the existing fonts in LO. As for merely saving toner/ink when printing, it appears that someone did some testing and found that some fonts (e.g. Century Gothic) will save more ink per word than the EcoFont. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/century-gothic-saves-more-ink-than-ecofont.html Choosing a different font face might be the best mechanism for people to use less ink/toner. --R _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
