17 Apr 2005
Unintended Consequences of Using GPL Fonts

This is more of a threat to open source software than SCO ever dreamt of being. If it's not fixed, and quickly, it could put Linux out of business. Literally.

An interesting discussion has surfaced on the Scribus mailing list. Simply stated, it appears that using GPL-licensed fonts in a document makes your document subject to the GPL. There are a lot of consequences here, such as internal corporate communications. It appears to make the use of GPL fonts undesirable in almost any document.

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