Re: Is the IPA Font License truly open source?
Josh Berkus <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:30:36 -0700
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On 9/4/25 09:55, [email protected] wrote: > In March 2024, an incident occurred where the operator of a web service > converting IPA fonts licensed under the IPA Font License to WOFF format > received a warning from the IPA to discontinue the service. > In response, questions have arisen within the Japanese-speaking open- > source community about whether the IPA Font License fundamentally meets > the definition of open source. The IPA Font License pretty explicitly allows changes of format and redistribution. Am I not understanding the case here? What is IPA's objection? -- Josh Berkus _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org