Comment 0 for bug 890921
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| Martin Jansson (martin-jansson-1970) wrote Ubuntu Font license 1.0: Section 3 forbids acknowlegement of contributors that isn't copyrigth holders | #0 |
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This must be a mistake/bug.
A contributor to a font is not necessarily a copyright holder to that font, but I think he/she still deserve to be recognised as one of the creators.
If this license is to be taken seriously, I would not be allowed to mention that the Ubuntu font I have embedded in a digital document (in a PDF and Postscript document, an otf-font is not embedded in it's original form, hence it is a "modified version" by the definition in The Ubuntu Font License) was created by Dalton Maag (but I would be able to say that Ubuntu Inc. is the copyright holder). Even worse, if Dalton Maag make a PDF-specimen of the Ubuntu typeface, they can't tell anyone that they created the typeface, without asking for permission from Ubuntu Inc. That is just silly.
Of course, in most European countries, if a typeface reach a certain threshold of originality (or in some countries: artistic quality), I could still give recognition to the creators, and a creator can still tell everybody what he/she created, as this is protected by creators rights legislation (which can't be nullified by a license or contract). But as the the Ubuntu font is very similar to the font Norway have used as its official font for many years, I don't think the Ubuntu font reach the point of originality needed to be included by the creators rights.
Other then that, it is the best font license I've seen so far. If you fix this bug, I will be using it for my own fonts (if I ever get so far as to make one of them polished enough and bug free to be released to the public).