[Lohit-devel-list] Relicensing Lohit fonts

[Richard Fontana]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:06:26PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> Ah, good catch. Assume for the moment that "Lohit" would be designated
> as the "Reserved Font Name"; I'll discuss with my colleague Pam
> Chestek.

I think at this point this is up to the project, but reserving the
font name seems to be the standard practice, so I'd recommend doing
that, in the way I suggested in my other message with my recommended
copyright notice.

 - RF










> 
> - RF
> 
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 03:45:12PM +0000, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I kindly note that you don't specify if the Reserved Font Name restriction will
> > be applied.
> > 
> > Does this mean it is not being used for the Lohit fonts?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Dave
> > 
> > On 15 September 2011 15:43, Richard Fontana <rfontana at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> >     On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:40:02PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> >     > Under the circumstances specific to this project, I believe we can
> >     > relicense to OFL subject to any objection by any past contributor to
> >     > the fonts. If there is no objection, we will proceed with relicensing
> >     > under OFL in due course.
> > 
> >     Since no one has objected, and we have only heard positive statements
> >     about this, I hereby declare the Lohit fonts to be relicensed, as to
> >     all their past and present versions released by the Lohit fonts
> >     project, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.  As to how to handle the
> >     indication of this change of licensing, I will leave that to Pravin
> >     and the project participants.
> > 
> >     Thanks,
> > 
> >     Richard E. Fontana
> >     Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel
> >     Red Hat, Inc.
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Dave
> > 
> > (Please note, this email is my personal opinion and does not represent
> > the views of any of my consulting clients.)
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