Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] About the licensing of URW Garamond No. 8

2010-04-15 Thread Walter Landry
Nicolas Spalinger wrote: > Hi Walter, > > There are obviously varying needs and preferences (prejudices?) along > the licensing spectrum but IMHO your reply is very reductive. > > At the end of the day upstreams make up their own mind about how they > license their own creation but allow me to e

Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] About the licensing of URW Garamond No. 8

2010-04-15 Thread Nicolas Spalinger
[...] >> But then I found this page >> >> http://www.advogato.org/person/raph/diary/257.html >> >> which says >> >> By the way, URW did not donate these fonts under the GPL out of >> their own hearts. Artifex paid good money for them, and donated them >> out of a mix of self-interest and a

Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] About the licensing of URW Garamond No. 8

2010-04-15 Thread Nicolas Spalinger
Walter Landry wrote: > Nicolas Spalinger wrote: >> Paul Wise wrote: >>> I'd strongly suggest to indicate a preference about which license you >>> would like them to choose. >>> >>> I would personally suggest standard FLOSS licenses like BSD, >>> MIT/Expat, ISC, GPL + font exception etc. If those a