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Imagine if we had a National Endowment for the Fonts. A chunk of cash set aside, and every year a panel reviews all the fonts that've been created that year, an
by myself248 5y ago
Imagine if we had a National Endowment for the Fonts. A chunk of cash set aside, and every year a panel reviews all the fonts that've been created that year, and divides up that cash accordingly.
And then, save for the ability to claim credit for creating a font within one year of the font's creation, we remove all intellectual property protections from all fonts forever.
The size of the industry creating fonts would scale to whatever the size of the kitty can sustain. Some hobbyists would find themselves surprisingly rewarded for their work. Nobody would have to track or license anything.
- __MatrixMan__ 5y agoIf it meant not having to worry about whose toes I'm stepping on while I communicate, I'd totally put money into that pile. It seems similar to the retroactive public goods DAO that the Ethereum people are working on
- cortesoft 5y agoHow about we skip the panel? We set aside the money, and then do some analysis of how popular fonts are (based on web traffic and which fonts are in use), and then divide up the pool of money to reward people based on how popular the font is? This has the dual purpose of keeping a market based allocation but also prevents having to rely on artificial scarcity.
- myself248 5y agoI'm pretty sure that's how races-to-the-bottom get incentivized, but yeah, I'm sure popularity would be one metric considered by the panel. It does mean something, I just don't think it's the only figure of merit.