www/licenses license-list.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       08/02/18 18:42:13

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        do not say anything about artistic font copyright, licensing#347245

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.211&r2=1.212

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.211
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -b -r1.211 -r1.212
--- license-list.html   14 Jan 2008 17:07:27 -0000      1.211
+++ license-list.html   18 Feb 2008 18:42:04 -0000      1.212
@@ -1347,12 +1347,10 @@
 
 <h3><a name="Fonts">Licenses for Fonts</a></h3>
 
-<p>Font designs as such are not copyrightable in the United States and
-other countries, although (we are told) they are copyrightable in
-Germany and the United Kingdom, and perhaps elsewhere.  In any case, the
-licenses below apply to an instantation of a design in a computer file,
-not the artistic design.  As far as we know, an implementation of a
-design is always copyrightable.</p>
+<p>The licenses below apply to an instantation of a design in a computer
+file, not the artistic design.  As far as we know, an implementation of
+a design is always copyrightable.  The legal status of the artistic
+design is complex, and varies by jurisdiction.</p>
 
 <dl>
 
@@ -1376,6 +1374,7 @@
 GPL. Its normal use is for fonts, and in that use, the
 incompatibility does not cause a problem.</p></dd>
 
+
 <dt><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web";>
     SIL Open Font License 1.1</a></dt>
 <dd>
@@ -1424,7 +1423,7 @@
   <p>
     Updated:
     <!-- timestamp start -->
-    $Date: 2008/01/14 17:07:27 $
+    $Date: 2008/02/18 18:42:04 $
     <!-- timestamp end -->
   </p>
 </div>