[Freebangfont-devel] RE: FREE Bangla Software Avro Keyboard - NewVersion Available

[Andy]

Hello,

The following is my own opinion and I have not spoken with the development 
members of FBF with regard to this matter. 

It is true that I did not notice your acknowledgement on you main page and I am 
sorry for that.

I think you need to put some kind of acknowledgement on your fonts download 
page. You definitely need to draw attention to the fonts licence agreement 
before a user can download a raw TTF.
IMHO Mentioning the creators of the fonts by their names would be even better.
 
I repeat my question. What is the licensing policy with these fonts?

You are NOT ALLOWED to distribute the fonts on you site unless you either:
        
        1. include the font's licence agreement with the fonts.
or      2. Alternatively, you may draw a person's attention to the licence's 
existence before they are allowed to access the fonts (e.g. a link to the 
agreement).

(Please note that I am not an expert in licensing policys) I do not know the 
position as to legality of including the fonts as part of your package's 
download.
Are you rich enough to be able to pay back Microsoft if the decided to charge 
you?

I do not know if there are any restrictions with regard to the distributing the 
Microsoft font. It is the first time I have seen it.

I am extremely interested to know as to which Public group you found the 
Microsoft font. Please let me know so that I can join it!

Thanks 
Andy.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 01 March 2003 00:49
> To: Andy
> Cc: Bangla-Font
> Subject: Re: [Freebangfont-devel] FREE Bangla Software Avro Keyboard -
> NewVersion Available
> 
> Hello Andy,
> 
> Who says that I didn't acknowledge that these fonts came from FBF? Just
> say
> me, where have you found the link of
> http://www.omicronlab.com/avrokeyboard/bangla-fonts/ ? Isn't this came
> from
> www.omicronlab.com/avrokeyboard/download.htm ? Did you see what is there?
> I
> have added the BIGGEST acknowledgement than anyone have done!
> 
> About the Vrinda font...it came from a public newsgroup. If there is some
> restrictions distributing it, no problem, I can remove it. But I think
> people should use it and find out the bugs :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Mehdi Hasan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>; "'Free Bangla Font Development'"
> <address@hidden>
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:15 AM
> Subject: RE: [Freebangfont-devel] FREE Bangla Software Avro Keyboard -
> NewVersion Available
> 
> 
> Hello Mehdi Hasan,
> 
> It's nice to see you are developing a keyboard for Bangla.
> 
> I see that you have "free" fonts for download at
> http://www.omicronlab.com/avrokeyboard/bangla-fonts/
> What is the licence agreement with these fonts?
> You seem to have fonts from the FBF project on this page, so why do not
> acknowledge this fact?
> Why have you removed the licence notices etc? Did you want people to think
> that you made the fonts yourself?
> Do you not think that the people that made these fonts deserve some credit
> for their effort?
> I am particularly wondering about the Microsoft font, did MS give you
> permission to distribute this font?
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> 
>