On 8 June 2017 at 17:25, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@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

Professor Dominik Wujastyk

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Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada

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