[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-314) Using fonts published under Apache License 2.0 for print

["Shane Curcuru (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Shane Curcuru commented on LEGAL-314:
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Thanks for taking care to respect open source licenses! 

Since Open Sans is not a product from The Apache Software Foundation, we can't directly answer your question.  Many other organizations like Google and the font designer use our license for their products.

Google does have one page on their website that seems to address this, scroll to the very bottom:

https://developers.google.com/terms/site-policies

From broad anecdotal evidence of other people working with Apache licensed software and fonts elsewhere, the wisest thing to do would be including typography note stating what font you used in the book, where it came from (Google Fonts and the font designer's name), and the fact that it's under the Apache license, all in the front matter for the book with copyrights and the like.  In printed materials, most people do not print the whole license text of fonts.

> Using fonts published under Apache License 2.0 for print
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LEGAL-314
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-314
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Question
>            Reporter: Peter Drechsler
>
> The font "Open Sans", which can be downloaded from Google fonts is published under the Apache License 2.0 [https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans]. The license says that the font can be used in any medium and for commercial purpose, if the following requirements are met: 
> [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0]
> {{4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You meet the following conditions:
> You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License; and}}
> I consider using a font in print is somewhat a redistribution. 
> The question is, how can I give my recipients a copy of the license, if the font is used in a printed book? 
> Do I have to provide the link to the license? Or do I have to include the license in full in book? 
> Thanks for your support and help,
> Peter



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