SIL Open Font License

SIL Open Font License
AuthorSIL Global
Latest version1.1
PublishedFebruary 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02)
Debian FSG compatibleYes[1]
FSF approvedYes[2]
OSI approvedYes[3]
CopyleftYes[2]
Websiteopenfontlicense.org

The SIL Open Font License (or OFL in short) is one of the major open font licenses, which allows embedding, or "bundling",[4] of the font in commercially sold products.[5]

OFL is a free and open source license.[6][7] It was created by SIL Global, the organization behind Ethnologue.

  1. ^ The DFSG and Software Licenses
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fsf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE (OFL-1.1) | Open Source Initiative".
  4. ^ Spalinger, Nicolas; Gaultney, Victor (November 27, 2023). "Question: 1.15 What about distributing fonts with a document? Within a compressed folder structure? Is it distribution, bundling or embedding?". OFL-FAQ web version (1.1-update7). SIL International.
  5. ^ Garish, Matt; Gylling, Markus (2013). Epub 3 Best Practices (PDF). O’Reilly Media, Inc. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-449-32914-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference OFLdefinition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Open Source License Comparison Grid" (PDF). CMU. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2019.