Re: using the feta font in a GPL2 application

[Carl Sorensen]

On 3/28/11 7:06 AM, "Florian Jung" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> we'd like to use the feta font, or actually single glyphs rendered to
> png-files, in a muse2, a GPL2 linux sequencer.
> i've added a score editor to the sequencer, however it's using the feta
> font, and we don't know if we may use a GPL3-ed font in our GPL2
> application.
> 
> may we :)?
> 

You can certainly use the older version of feta in a GPL2 app (it was
licensed under GPL2).  The change was made 2009-11-25.

As far as permission to use it the current font under GPL2, I think Han-Wen
and Jan need to give that permission.

HTH,

Carl