Re: [dev] Re: Font edition tooling

From: Louis Santillan <lpsantil_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:49:15 -0800

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:06:12 +0100
> Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> quentin_AT_c9x.me (mpu) writes:
>>
>> > Ben Woolley <tautolog_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> What licenses are the tools and the font? There doesn't
>> >> seem to be a copyright statement or license anywhere.
>> >> Maybe
>> >>I am missing something obvious...
>> >
>> > The license and the font are now public domain, maybe
>> > I'll put a BSD license on the font some day, when I
>> > judge the quality makes it worth it.
>>
>> In the US and in Germany, pixel fonts can not be
>> copyrighted and are thus public domain.
>>
>
> WTF‽ That is the stupidest thing ever. They are equally
> difficult and time consuming to make.

However, the font name is copyrightable which is often way you see
similar looking fonts (possibly copied) with a derivative name.
Received on Wed Dec 23 2015 - 17:49:15 CET