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1. deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Monday, 13-Aug-2012 22:22:22 EDT deadsuperhero

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   My new short story in my series about the future of the Internet is out! #ScienceFiction !CreativeCommons http://ur1.ca/9y2d9
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 03:28:28 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero which font do you use in the PDF?
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 11:12:04 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab I use the Exo Sans font. It's currently a favorite of mine.
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:01:05 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero Is exo sans free licensed (i.e. GPL with font exception or MIT/BSD)?
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:03:13 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab It was released under the SIL Open Font License. :)
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:05:39 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero aww I never really understood which rights the SIL OFL actually gives me :( some distribution restrictions, iirc
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:06:25 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero and when you have flattr on your page, is offering the font in a source-tarball commercial distribution? (© is a swamp :( )
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:07:10 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab It allows for modification and redistribution according to the SIL website.
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:08:40 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab Thinking on it, fonts are kind of complicated for licensing, as they're technically both art and software. Kind of a grey area.
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:09:22 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero “Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.”
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:09:40 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab I don't think so, I think that's more just taking donations from anyone who wants you to make more.
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:10:11 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero yes, a pretty bad gray area :( — I decided to only use MIT/BSD and GPL, because my texts are GPL…
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:11:08 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab Closer to BY-SA-NC than GPL, then. :/
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:11:13 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero that’s what I hope, but I’ve grown quite careful when it comes to licensing…
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:12:07 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero I’d rather say that SIL is similar to cc by-nc, but with a weaker NC than cc-licenses (I can sell derivative works).
   • arnebab (arnebab)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:13:19 EDT arnebab

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     • deadsuperhero
     @deadsuperhero in cc 4.0 they are currently trying to nail down the NC clause in a useful way, but I don’t know how well that works out.
   • deadsuperhero (deadsuperhero)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Aug-2012 12:13:24 EDT deadsuperhero

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     • arnebab
     @arnebab Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up. :)