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Nice idea, but how do you get around the potential copyright infringement?
by kleiba 4y ago
Nice idea, but how do you get around the potential copyright infringement?
- yreg 4y agoThey pixel-perfectly copied and recreated it in BitFontMaker2[0] (source[1]). Not a nice thing to do to a type designer or a foundry, but a gaming studio/Notch(?) won't probably care. [0] - https://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/ https://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/ [1] - https://github.com/IdreesInc/Minecraft-Font https://github.com/IdreesInc/Minecraft-Font
- wasmitnetzen 4y agoThere's not copyright in the US on a typeface (the look), you can only have copyrights on the individual implementation (the font)[1]. [1]: https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/font-law-licensing/ https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/font-law-licensing/
- kleiba 4y agoI suppose the font was originally created in Sweden, though, right?