{"id":53,"date":"2006-02-27T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/?p=53"},"modified":"2006-03-02T00:47:07","modified_gmt":"2006-03-01T23:47:07","slug":"the-open-font-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/typo\/the-open-font-license","title":{"rendered":"The Open Font License"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[check <a href=\"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/?p=54\">The politics of typography<\/a> before applying SIL-OFL]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/OFL_logo_rect_color.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe SIL-OFL is a free license specifically developed for (multi-lingual) fonts. These are the four freedoms guaranteed through the Open Font License (similar to other Free licenses):<br \/>\n<em>* <strong>Use<\/strong>: the freedom to use font software for any purpose. (freedom 0)<br \/>\n* <strong>Study and adaptation<\/strong>: the freedom to study how font software works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access and rights to the source code is a precondition for this.<br \/>\n* <strong>Redistribution<\/strong>: the freedom to redistribute copies of the font software so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).<br \/>\n* <strong>Improvement and redistribution of modifications<\/strong>: the freedom to improve the font software and release your improvements (freedom 3), so that the community benefits. Access and rights to the source code is a precondition for this.<\/em><br \/>\nApplying an Open License to your font is made easy with the Open Font License. See this <a href=\"http:\/\/scripts.sil.org\/cms\/scripts\/page.php?site_id=nrsi&#038;item_id=OFL-FAQ_web\">FAQ<\/a> to find out how it works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[check The politics of typography before applying SIL-OFL] The SIL-OFL is a free license specifically developed for (multi-lingual) fonts. These are the four freedoms guaranteed through the Open Font License (similar to other Free licenses): * Use: the freedom to use font software for any purpose. (freedom 0) * Study and adaptation: the freedom to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[307],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}