[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 41961] Use STIX fonts in MathML layout tests

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41961


Alex Milowski <alex at milowski.com> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Alex Milowski <alex at milowski.com>  2010-07-16 05:01:03 PST ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > (In reply to comment #4)
> > > The requirements for the license are mentioned in the patch attachment user interface here in bugs.webkit.org.
> > 
> > I just saw that before your answer, when submitting the third patch.
> > 
> > If I'm not wrong, the font corresponds to the third case: I'm not the author and I included the license of the font.
> 
> Item 3 says “we can only take in patches that are BSD- or LGPL-licensed”. Unfortunately, the fonts are not under the BSD or LGPL license.

The STIX fonts have been development by a consortium of publishers and associations--including the AMS and IEEE.  We need the fonts for the same reasons that they were developed--that most fonts are grossly insufficient for rendering Mathematics.

Please look at the website for these fonts:

   http://www.stixfonts.org/

These fonts are available as statted in their documentation:

 "The font is available royalty-free under the SIL Open Font License."

You can find this license at:

   http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ofl

More specifically:

   http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=OFL_web

This license is completely compatible with the BSD and/or LGPL licenses. 
I highly suggest that WebKit needs to adjust its policy to include open-source
font licensing.  It is unlikely that font-producing organizations like SIL or the 
STIX consortium will change.  

Meanwhile, we're stuck without the STIX fonts.  Rendering won't work
consistently without consistent glyph support for Mathematics.

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