The new Ubuntu font ("Ubuntu Font Family") has just been uploaded to the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat official repositories and was made default for both Ubuntu desktop and netbook as well as Kubuntu. The Ubuntu Font Family has been released as a Libre font, licensed under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0.
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spanky
13 years 29 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago
Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0?!
But why? License proliferation is something that should be avoided.
nilarimogard
13 years 29 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago
After searching a bit I've
After searching a bit I've found this: "Canonical are working with SFLC and SIL on a revision of the OFL with the intent of adopting that revision for a future version of the Ubuntu Font Family. This Ubuntu Font Licence serves as an interim licence until that is complete."
benasselstine
13 years 29 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago
put interim in the name of the license
To make it clear that nobody else should model their license after the Ubuntu Font License, they should put "Interim" in the name of the license.