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Sharing is an even better term than copying; spreading information like this actively creates value by exposing more people to these ideas and designs. Not tha
by the_pwner224 7y ago
Sharing is an even better term than copying; spreading information like this actively creates value by exposing more people to these ideas and designs.
Not that I don't think the foundries should get paid for their work - I don't have a fully formed opinion on this. But there is a definite upside to sharing information freely, and this is better than mere copying.
- floatboth 7y agoJust like all software, there's a lot of Free Software fonts and that's not incompatible with money. For example, back in 2012, I supported three SIL OFL licensed fonts on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/typesenses/font-design-euphoria-script https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/typesenses/font-design-... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impallari/fast-brush-script https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impallari/fast-brush-sc... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marcelommp/folk-is-a-great-font-lets-complete-it https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marcelommp/folk-is-a-gr...