Licensing:Fonts

Font Licenses

These are the Font Licenses that we're aware of. If your license is not in this list, and you'd like to know if it is appropriate for Fedora, please email the details to fedora-legal-list@redhat.com (note that this list is moderated, only members may directly post).

The GPL is also a valid license for fonts. Refer to the Software Licensing table for the correct short name identifiers.

Good Licenses

Fedora recommends that font authors and foundries use the SIL Open Font License:

Full Name	Short Name	FSF Free?	Upstream URL
SIL Open Font License 1.1 http://scripts.sil.org/cms/sites/nrsi/media/OFL_logo_rect_color.png	OFL	Yes	http://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web

Here is a list of additional Font Licenses that are also OK for Fedora. If your license is not in this list, and you'd like to know if it is appropriate for Fedora, please email the details to legal@lists.fedoraproject.org.

Full Name	Short Name	FSF Free?	Upstream URL
Adobe/TUG Utopia license agreement	Utopia	?	http://tug.org/fonts/utopia/LICENSE-utopia.txt
AMS Bluesky Font License	AMS	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/AMS
Arphic Public License	Arphic	Yes	http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/chinese-fonts-truetype/LICENSE
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font License	AHFL	?	https://www.brailleinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Font-License-2020-1104.pdf
Baekmuk License	Baekmuk	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Baekmuk
Bitstream Vera Font License	Bitstream Vera	?	http://www.gnome.org/fonts/#Final_Bitstream_Vera_Fonts
Charter License	Charter	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Charter
Creative Commons Attribution license	CC-BY	Yes	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
DoubleStroke Font License	DoubleStroke	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts/DoubleStroke
ec Font License	ec	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts/ec
Elvish Font License	Elvish	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Elvish
GUST Font License	LPPL	Yes	http://tug.org/fonts/licenses/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt
Hack Open Font License	HOFL	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/HackOpenFontLicense
Hershey Font License	Hershey	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/HersheyFontLicense
IPA Font License	IPA	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/IPAFontLicense
Liberation Font License	Liberation	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicense
LaTeX Project Public License	LPPL	Yes	http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3a.txt
Lucida Legal Notice	Lucida	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Lucida
MgOpen Font License	MgOpen	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts/MgOpen
mplus Font License	mplus	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/mplus
ParaType Font License	PTFL	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts/ParaType_Font_License
Punknova Font License	Punknova	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Fonts/Punknova
STIX Fonts User License	STIX	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/STIXFontsUserLicense
TTYP0 License	MIT	?	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:MIT#ttyp0_variant
Wadalab Font License	Wadalab	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Wadalab
XANO Mincho Font License	XANO	Yes	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/MinchoFontLicense

Bad Licenses

This is a list of Font licenses which are NOT OKAY for Fedora. Nothing in Fedora should be using these licenses. They're either non-free, deprecated, or have usage/distribution restrictions.

Full Name	FSF Free?	Upstream URL	Notes
DIP SIPA Font License	NO	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/DIP_SIPA_Font_License	Restrictions on modification
Larabie Fonts License	NO	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LarabieFontsLicense	Cannot modify
Literat Font License	NO	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiteratFontLicense	Cannot modify
Ubuntu Font License	NO	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/UbuntuFontLicense	Poorly written, cannot actually use fonts