[INDOLOGY] Issues with Sanskrit 2003 font

[Madhav Deshpande]

Thanks, Dominik, for sharing this communication from Swami Satchidananda.
If I find time to do it, I will try to modify Sanskrit 2003.  Of all the
different fonts I have tried, this one looks and feels the best for
Sanskrit.  Best,

Madhav

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 8 June 2017 at 17:25, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Madhav,
>>
>> As far as I can see this is a problem with the font Sanskrit 2003 and it
>> can't be solved without modifying the font  but I think modifying a font is
>> prohibited under copyright law.
>>
>
> ​In February this year, I was in correspondence with the Omkaranand Ashram
> about the copyright of Sanskrit 2003.  I was urging them to be more
> explicit about the freedom of the font.  In their opinion, the font is free
> for all to use, and they only want to help and serve the world.  Here's
> what the Swami said:
>
>
>
> We do not know about this licensing stuff, but the Sanskrit 2003 font is
> made available freely to anyone to use.
>
>
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
>
> Swami Satchidananda
>
> Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas
>
> Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh, India
>
>
> I imagine they would be fine with someone modifying the font.  Obviously
> it would be sensible to give the modified font a slightly different name.
> And it would be appropriate to return the modifications to the Ashram in
> case they wish to make a new release themselves in future.
>
> Everything the Ashram said to me makes leads me to believe that they would
> never dream of taking anyone to court​ over the font, and that on the
> contrary, they are glad that people are finding it useful.
>
> Dominik
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