Hello, I'd like to sell my e-book done in ePub format, so this means I will distribuite the font into the e-book it self. You can simple unzip an ePub file and recoved text, cover image and fonts, so, in this case, Liberation Serif fonts. I read the license here: https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/
but I didn't understand exactly If I can use the Liberation fonts into the ePub file and I can sell my ePub e-book. If I need a special request to Red Hat or not. I wrote them and they told me to ask here so I did.
Is enough to specify in the copyright e-book page that I used Liberation fonts freely donwloadable from https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ or it's not needed because information are into the file itself?
If I do (on my Linux system):
otfinfo -i /usr/share/fonts/TTF/LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf
I get:
Family: Liberation Serif Subfamily: Regular Full name: Liberation Serif PostScript name: LiberationSerif Version: Version 1.07.1 Unique ID: Ascender - Liberation Serif Designer: Steve Matteson Designer URL: http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html Manufacturer: Ascender Corporation Vendor URL: http://www.ascendercorp.com/ Trademark: Liberation is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain other jurisdictions. Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. LIBERATION is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. License URL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicense License Description: Licensed under the Liberation Fonts license, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicense Vendor ID: 1ASC
I get all information I need on the font from the font file it self. If you need more specific information let me know. Have a nice day, Giovanni
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 05:08:04PM +0100, Giovanni Venturi wrote:
Hello, I'd like to sell my e-book done in ePub format, so this means I will distribuite the font into the e-book it self. You can simple unzip an ePub file and recoved text, cover image and fonts, so, in this case, Liberation Serif fonts. I read the license here: https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/
but I didn't understand exactly If I can use the Liberation fonts into the ePub file and I can sell my ePub e-book. If I need a special request to Red Hat or not. I wrote them and they told me to ask here so I did.
Is enough to specify in the copyright e-book page that I used Liberation fonts freely donwloadable from https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ or it's not needed because information are into the file itself?
Red Hat is not necessarily the sole licensor of Liberation serif fonts in their current form, and I can only speak for Red Hat here, but from Red Hat's perspective:
(a) you can use the Liberation fonts in an ePub file,
(b) you can sell the resulting ePub e-book under whatever terms you want, except that the Liberation Fonts themselves remain licensed under the Liberation Fonts license, and
(c) we consider it unnecessary under the Liberation Fonts license to specify any information in the e-book copyright page.
- Richard Fontana Red Hat, Inc.
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Richard Fontana