Re: [native-lang] Review of an Open Font licence

Hello Sophie,

> I received this mail that may be of interest for you too. It's about
> an open source font licensing project. I've met those people several
> times, last time this summer and I think that you could be of great
> help for them too.
> Before reading the mail, here is the link for a description of their
> project :
> http://www.sil.org/
> I've not answered them yet, but will do through the week-end after
> reviewing their licence (that take some time ;)
> Don't hesitate to bring your feedback and thanks in advance :)

I've studied their licence and I think that there should be no major
problem. However it would be wise to check if the OFL can be
DFSG-compliant (for Debian and other derivatives). The
sales/redistribution close is morally acceptable of course but I've seen
a recent case of a licence that by prohibiting anybody to sell the
software was tagged as DFSG-non compliant (since it was depriving the
people from the freedom to sell). I can check it if you wish.
Besides, I have to say that although I've never heard of the SIL, it
would be good to work more with this organization. What do you think?
Charles.