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== Origin ==
The font exception was authored in April 2005 by David "Novalis" Turner, a [[Free Software Foundation]] GPL compliance engineer. As he explains, "The situation we were considering was one where a font was embedded in a document (rather than merely referenced). Embedding allows a document to be viewed as the author intended it even on machines that don't have that font installed. So, the document (a copyrighted work) would be derived from the font program (another work). The text of the document, of course, would be unrestricted when distributed without the font."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Desjardins|first1=Louis|title=[Scribus] Response from the FSF about GPL fonts|url=http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2005-April/018877.html|website=Scribus discussion list|date=20 April 2005 |access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Turner|first1=David "Novalis"|title=Font Licensing|url=http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/20050425novalis|website=FSF Blog|publisher=Free Software Foundation|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
To be in compliance with the GPL, [[Red Hat]]'s [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora Linux]] project included the font exception with the license for its [[Liberation fonts|Liberation font package]], albeit with additional restrictions in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Licensing:LiberationFontLicense|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicense|website=Fedora Project|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref> These restrictions prompted further discussion among the [[Debian GNU/Linux]] distribution's community members concerning the GPL+FE.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baghumian|first1=Alan|title=License question: GPL+Exception|url=http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg36584.html|website=Debian Legal discussion list|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref> This attention prompted [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] to follow suit and create the [[Ubuntu Font License]] because they were not satisfied with either the SIL OFL or with GPL+FE.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Willis|first1=Nathan|title=The Ubuntu font and a fresh look at open font licensing|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/409813/|website=LWN.net|access-date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
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