great developer font resource ( or not? )

General (non-technical) Off-Topic
#1

I stumbled upon open font library in seach of a game font ( http://openfontlibrary.org/ )
Now thoose fonts are under SIL Open Font License (OFL)
( http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL )

If I understand it correctly (but I’m really bad at stuff like this) I should be able to use fonts under this licence in games and even use them as part of graphcis ie create bitmaps for buttons and such with them?
Anyone good at reading these licences?
or anyone who has used fonts under this licence in they apps who can answer my question regarding this.

Also if they are okay to use should I include the licence in the APK file?

Thanks in Advance :slight_smile:

ps: Didn’t know were to post this so I choosed off topic…move it it needed [import]uid: 103873 topic_id: 18988 reply_id: 318988[/import]

#2

you are allowed to “modify” and “bundle” OFL fonts (read: use them in your game) as long as you include the copyright notice and license of the original font and they can be “easily viewed by the user” – like, on the credits-screen. [import]uid: 70635 topic_id: 18988 reply_id: 73204[/import]

#3

’ include the copyright notice and license of the original font and they can be “easily viewed by the user” ’
Didn’t they remove the need to include the licence regarding embedded fonts in SIL license version 1.1 ?

From the FAQ:
1.10 Does the full OFL license text always need to accompany the font?

The only situation in which an OFL font can be distributed without the text of the OFL (either in a separate file or in font metadata), is when a font is embedded in a document or bundled within a program. In the case of metadata included within a font, it is legally sufficient to include only a link to the text of the OFL on http://scripts.sil.org/OFL, but we strongly recommend against this. Most modern font formats include metadata fields that will accept the full OFL text, and full inclusion increases the likelihood that users will understand and properly apply the license.

1.11 What do you mean by ‘embedding’? How does that differ from other means of distribution?

By ‘embedding’ we mean inclusion of the font in a document or file in a way that makes extraction (and redistribution) difficult or clearly discouraged. In many cases the names of embedded fonts might also not be obvious to those reading the document, the font data format might be altered, and only a subset of the font - only the glyphs required for the text - might be included. Any other means of delivering a font to another person is considered ‘distribution’, and needs to be accompanied by any copyright notices and licensing information available in OFL.txt. [import]uid: 53069 topic_id: 18988 reply_id: 73225[/import]