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The '''GPL font exception''' clause (or GPL+FE, for short) is an optional clause that can be added to the [[GNU General Public License]] (GNU GPL) permitting [[digital font]]s shared with that license to be embedded within a digital [[document]] [[computer file|file]] without requiring the document itself to also be shared with GPL. Without the clause, conflicts may arise with open-source projects distributing digital fonts which may be used in desktop publishing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Legal Considerations for fonts|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal_considerations_for_fonts#allow-embedding|website=Fedora Project|accessdate=5 June 2015}}</ref> As explained by Dave Crossland in Libre Graphics Magazine, "A [[copyleft]] font may overreach into the documents that use it, unless an exception is made to the normal terms; an additional permission to allow people to combine parts of a font with a document without affecting the license of texts, photographs, illustrations and designs. Most libre fonts today have such a copyleft license – the [[SIL OFL|SIL Open Font License|SIL OFL]] or GNU GPL with the Font Exception described in the GPL FAQ."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Crossland|first1=Dave|title=Copyleft Business|journal=Libre Graphics Magazine|date=2011|volume=1|issue=2|pages=12-13|url=http://libregraphicsmag.com/files/libregraphicsmag_1.2_lowquality.pdf|accessdate=5 June 2015}}</ref>

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