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googlefonts__license__OFL_copyright

Simon Cozens edited this page May 8, 2025 · 1 revision

Check license file has good copyright string.

googlefonts/license/OFL_copyright

  • Applies to: LICENSE
  • Fontspector can hotfix?: no
  • Fontspector can fix sources?: no

Rationale

An OFL.txt file's first line should be the font copyright.

The expected pattern for the copyright string adheres to the following rules:

  • It must say "Copyright" followed by a 4 digit year (optionally followed by a hyphen and another 4 digit year)

  • Additional years or year ranges are also valid.

  • An optional comma can be placed here.

  • Then it must say "The Project Authors" and, within parentheses, a URL for a git repository must be provided. But we have an exception for the fonts from the Noto project, that simply have "google llc. all rights reserved" here.

  • The check is case insensitive and does not validate whether the familyname is correct, even though we'd obviously expect it to be.

Here is an example of a valid copyright string:

"Copyright 2017 The Archivo Black Project Authors (https://github.com/Omnibus-Type/ArchivoBlack)"

Proposal

Profiles

  • googlefonts (in section 'Licensing Checks')

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