RE: wanted: font archive

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I kept quiet then, but this license seems to me to have several
> problems which stem from it being -- as you say -- the GPL with
> amendments.  I'll list some:

I believe that the license written in Chinese is the original one, and
some errors occurred during the translation back into English.a

> Quote: "You must insert a prominent notice in each modified file
> stating how and when you changed that file."
> 
> Burdening the font itself with a changelog seems unnecessary, and it
> will never be prominent.  I'm not even sure where it would go.

It would suffice to have a `Last change XXX by YYY.  Please see the
accompanying ChangeLog file for details.'  It is really a problem not
to have such entries with fonts usually.

> I guess we need a "free" font editor ;)

TTX is a tool sufficient for manipulating the non-glyphic tables.

> Well, there you go, last December I said nothing, now I've said too
> much ;)

You comments are precious!  I must admit that I haven't looked into
the very details of the license.  And I think the Arphic people can
easily fix this -- or if they have no time for that, you could just
reword it slightly :-)


    Werner