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List:       freedesktop-openfontlibrary
Subject:    Re: [Openfontlibrary] font to be sold on ebay
From:       Jon Phillips <jon () rejon ! org>
Date:       2007-04-17 19:41:03
Message-ID: 1176838863.25892.41.camel () localhost
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On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 09:45 +0200, Denis Jacquerye wrote:
> On 4/17/07, Jon Phillips <jon@rejon.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 18:14 -0100, Gustavo Ferreira wrote:
> > > (from the atypi list)
> > > http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/134544/Fonts+to+be+sold+on+Ebay.html
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > - gustavo.
> >
> > This is quite interesting! We should either buy it and dedicate to
> > public domain or OFL it, or lobby to get whoever to buy it to do the
> > same. :) Gustavo, wanna lead the charge?
> 
> They're only auctioning exclusivity for 12 months.

Man! I have a great idea for auctioning off rights in a ebay fashion but
to open content licenses only. I think a system like ebay that could
auction both the original and reproduction rights would be mega
successful and revalidate originality in the modern world. THink about
it, as the price of a reproduction goes up (aka, Scream or Mona Lisa),
the value of the original auction would only increase...anyway...its
kinda evil, but interesting to think about...

Jon

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