Re: Making necessary OpenType features on by default

From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Subject: Re: Making necessary OpenType features on by default
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:26:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.upn8lulefkrasx@your-b27fb1c401> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <499F2A6C.7040105@wxs.nl>

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:10:52 -0700, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
>
>> Khaled: Have you considered making an inventory of available Arabic  
>> fonts? Or does one already exist? We could put together a table of  
>> what's available, checking for available OT features, etc.
>
> also, it would be nice to have some quality otf arabic fonts in tex live

Why not just include the SIL arabic fonts?

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

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1.3  Can I make the fonts available to others from my web site?
Yes, as long as you meet the conditions of the license (do not sell by  
itself, include the necessary files, rename Modified Versions, do not  
abuse the Author(s)' name(s) and do not sublicense).

1.4  Can the fonts be included with Free/Libre and Open Source Software  
collections such as GNU/Linux and BSD distributions?
Yes! Fonts licensed under the OFL can be freely aggregated with software  
under FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) licenses. Since fonts  
are much more useful aggregated to than merged with existing software,  
possible incompatibility with existing software licenses is not a problem.  
You can also repackage the fonts and the accompanying components in a .rpm  
or .deb package and include them in distro CD/DVDs and online repositories.
===============

Seems similar enough to Texie licences for inclusion.

[cc'ing karl]

Best wishes
Idris

-- 
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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