1.0Aharon's Omphaloshttps://aharon.varady.net/omphalosAharon N. Varadyhttps://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="x34O42dX9c"><a href="https://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/2011/01/gnu-general-public-license-font-exception">GNU General Public License + Font Exception</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/2011/01/gnu-general-public-license-font-exception/embed#?secret=x34O42dX9c" width="600" height="338" title="“GNU General Public License + Font Exception” — Aharon's Omphalos" data-secret="x34O42dX9c" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://aharon.varady.net/omphalos/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/200px-GPL+FE_GNU_GPL_with_Font_Exception.svg_.png200200Lately, for the Open Siddur Project, I've been putting together a font package for more easily distributing extant free/libre licensed Unicode Hebrew fonts. These fonts tend to be licensed with SIL's Open Font License (e.g., EzraSIL and Cardo), or the GNU General Public License (GPL, e.g., Maxim Iorsh's Culmus Project fonts). Because of the differences between fonts and other software code in their usage, there arose some conflicts which necessitated an exception to the GPL specifically for fonts. Unfortunately, the GPL font exception statement is somewhat buried in the Free Software Foundations GPL FAQ. Because important information on the GPL+FE is nowhere on the Internet included in one single post, I've reformatted it and shared it below. . . . → Continue reading: Permalink