Bundesregierung font license

Robert Martinez mail at mray.de
Mon Jul 14 21:07:09 UTC 2014


Hello Fellows,

I know some people on this list are in contact with German official
representatives I'd like to raise this question: Can my government [1]
commission the creation of a font and not have the rights for it?
As a German citizen I want this released under a free license like OFL.

The current font license says:
'Copyright (c) 2011 Juergen Huber, Martin Wenzel'

Here is what those authors say:
'... The project was to cover all communication issued by the government
and their ministries, online or offline, national or international. It
was a demanding and interesting task. Though we were accustomed to
working on projects like these for corporations, we were now asked to
design “for the people” ' [2]

[1] http://www.bundesregierung.de
[2]
http://ilovetypography.com/2014/07/12/bundessans-and-bundesserif-truly-democratic-typefaces/


Robert


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