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Incompatibilities among "copyleft" licenses meant to promote the sharing of creative work could end up preventing it, says cyber-law expert Lawrence Lessig. The problem is that the copyleft licenses, like the "free software" licenses from which they're drawn, require that derivative works be licensed under identical terms. And those terms differ from license to license.
[ED: Lessig is someone I take seriously, hence, this is a disturbing problem. Nonetheless, not one that cannot be resolved (perhaps with fewer, simplier licensing conditions?). These are important issues when trying to match dissimilar content, e.g. text and audio/visual becomes contentious. - HC]
21 Dec 2005
"Frutiger" originally was developed in 1970 by Adrian Frutiger, as font to be used by the Paris airport. "Frutiger Next" was developed by German font designer Erik Faulhaber in 1997 as modernized version of the original Frutiger and was first used by the Alte Pinakothek, a museum in Munich, Germany. Faulhaber confirmed to the newspaper that Segoe UI and Frutiger Next are "very similar." But, apparently, he does not consider taking legal action. Instead, he is "honored" that his design idea is being popularized, he told the paper.
Microsoft declined to comment on the report. "We have nothing to share as it is not Microsoft's policy to comment on rumors and speculation," a spokesperson said."
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/12/21/vista_segoe_font/
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Microsoft declined to comment on the report. "We have nothing to share as it is not Microsoft's policy to comment on rumors and speculation," a spokesperson said." http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/12/21/vista_segoe_font/