[MPEG-OTSPEC] MATH Encumbrance

Dave Crossland dcrossland at google.com
Sun Aug 23 14:59:51 CEST 2020


On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 5:35 AM James Clark <jjc at jclark.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:36 AM Dave Crossland <dcrossland at google.com>
> wrote:
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>> ISO common patent policy §2.2 is RAND, but §2.1 is FRAND, which is what I
>> think the vast majority of the community here is interested in, if they
>> want fonts that "just work everywhere."
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> Sorry to pick nits, but this will confuse people.  F in FRAND normally
> means Fair. RAND and FRAND are mostly the same thing, as far as I can tell.
> ISO section 2.1, which I agree is what most of us want, is usually called
> Royalty Free (RF).
>

Aha, great to know!!

...What's the difference between fair and reasonable? 🤪



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