[XeTeX] IM Fell Type and XeTeX

[Jonathan Kew]

On 14 Feb 2009, at 20:36, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:

> >Is there a way around this? Well, Creative Commons licenses may be  
> a way to resolve these >issues. If you have not heard of them, I  
> would strongly suggest that you take a look at it
> >http://creativecommons.org/
>
> First of all this is dead link: Error 503 Service Unavailable.

Works fine for me.

> Now being curious may
> I ask what is wrong with the Open Font License?

While I think the OFL is good, and would encourage people to use it,  
not every font designer wishes to release his or her work under those  
particular terms. For example, the OFL permits the creation of  
derivative works; some designers do not want to allow this. On the  
other hand, it also imposes restrictions: specifically, that  
derivative works must also be OFL-licensed; some designers may prefer  
not to impose any such restriction.

IMO, the license statement accompanying the IM Fell fonts makes it  
pretty clear that the designer has certain specific wishes regarding  
the distribution and use of this work, and as they stand, these wishes  
are not compatible with the OFL.

JK