Ok, then. Please allow me to completely backpeddle here and say that it's completely genuous :D
Dear Panic guys, I hereby humbly apologize for my idle statement. We love you!
thomas Aylott — subtleGradient — CrazyEgg — sixteenColors
On Apr 23, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Brad Choate wrote:
Sorry, meant to also say, it looks like Panic is doing exactly what is being asked here:
- Panic Sans is a derivative work of Bitstream Vera Sans, so the
font name must not use "Bitstream" or "Vera" in the font name.
- The documentation includes copyright and trademark notice as
required by the Bitstream Vera license.
Changing the font name is important for two reasons:
- it doesn't make use of trademarks held by Bitstream
- it doesn't cause any conflicts with other fonts
-Brad
On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Brad Choate wrote:
The Bitstream Vera readme says thusly (http://www.gnome.org/fonts/):
The fonts have a generous copyright, allowing derivative works (as long as "Bitstream" or "Vera" are not in the names), and full redistribution (so long as they are not *sold* by themselves). They can be be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software.
And from the Coda help files:
Panic Sans Mono font based on the font Bitstream Vera, modified for improved small-size legibility on Mac OS X.
Copyright © 2007 by Panic, Inc. Copyright © 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc.
On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Methnen (AKA Jamie) wrote:
On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Thomas Aylott (subtleGradient) wrote:
Wow, that's a little disingenuous of them to distribute a find under their own name like that. I'm digging Inconsolata these days anyway.
I would think that they must have licensed it in some form or another. I wouldn't think the Panic guys would be stupid enough to just steal it. But then I've been surprised by people/ companies before.
Jamie
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