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.
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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