[Foundation-l] Wikipedia logo uses non-free font

Mark Williamson node.ue at gmail.com
Sat May 31 10:15:43 UTC 2008


Certainly - I never claimed we didn't own copyright to the image. That
doesn't mean the font is free, though, and as I understand it, even in
official WMF dealings there is a strong preference for free software
usage for all purposes.

Mark

On 31/05/2008, Kalan <kalan.001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/5/31, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>:
>>  The
>>  vast majority (that is, those created by Nohat or myself) use Hoefler.
>>  This is not a free font.
>
> The wording from [1] applies there, doesn't it?
>
> — Kalan
>
> [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-font
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