Hello,
I have downloaded several fonts with commercial use licenses (Creative Fabrica, Google Fonts, etc.). Is it allowed for me to redistribute them by email? I’m sure it’s not, but might as well see…
Thanks,
QueenoftheFonts
Most Google fonts are released with a SIL Open Font license, which conform to Free Software principles, including:
“Redistribution: the freedom to redistribute copies of the font software so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).”
For more:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
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Thank you very much, @Typehuile ! I’ll keep that in mind.
@Typehuile , do you know if the OFL license supports redistribution?
Thanks in advance,
QofF
Yes, it does. Here are several Wikipedia pages on this topic:
The SIL Open Font License (or OFL in short) is one of the major open font licenses, which allows embedding, or "bundling", of the font in commercially sold products.
SIL International designed the Open Font License for use with many of their Unicode fonts, including Gentium Plus, Charis SIL, and Andika. The license was first released in February 2007, six months after the GPL font exception was released.
Prior to the release of the OFL, the Bitstream Vera fonts had been released in 2003 under m...
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License. The FSF was incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts, US, where it is also based.[8 From its fo...
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software. The licenses were originally written by Richard Stallman, former head of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), for the GNU Project, and grant the recipients of a computer program the rights of the Free Software Definition. The GPL series are all copyleft licenses, which means that any derivative work must be distr His...
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Thanks again, @Typehuile ! That’s hilarious; I didn’t know that the OFL license and SIL Open Font license were the same!