{
  "about": "Licence cards: what each font licence allows, per use. Written by hand by Claude (C-3, 2026-10-21) from the licence texts at text_read_from; every quote is verbatim (whitespace collapsed) and checked by tools/check_licences.py. Plain-English notes, not legal counsel.",
  "uses": [
    {
      "id": "commercial",
      "label": "Commercial work",
      "hint": "ads, packaging, merch, video, print on demand"
    },
    {
      "id": "logo",
      "label": "Logo or wordmark",
      "hint": "a brand, a channel, a game title"
    },
    {
      "id": "web",
      "label": "Website",
      "hint": "the font file served with @font-face"
    },
    {
      "id": "app",
      "label": "App or game",
      "hint": "the font file bundled inside software"
    },
    {
      "id": "modify",
      "label": "Modify the font",
      "hint": "edit glyphs, subset, convert formats"
    },
    {
      "id": "redistribute",
      "label": "Share the font file",
      "hint": "give the file to others, free"
    },
    {
      "id": "sell",
      "label": "Sell the font file",
      "hint": "the font on its own, for money"
    },
    {
      "id": "credit",
      "label": "No credit needed in your work",
      "hint": "attribution in the thing you made"
    }
  ],
  "statuses": {
    "allowed": "Allowed",
    "conditions": "Allowed, with conditions",
    "not_allowed": "Not allowed",
    "unknown": "Unknown"
  },
  "licences": [
    {
      "spdx": "OFL-1.1",
      "name": "SIL Open Font License 1.1",
      "official_url": "https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/",
      "text_read_from": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Preamble",
          "quote": "The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.",
          "note": "Whatever you make with the font is yours; the licence covers the font files."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Preamble",
          "quote": "The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.",
          "note": "A logo is a document made with the font; the licence sets no limit on it."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 2",
          "quote": "These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.",
          "note": "Serving the file to browsers is redistribution: the copyright notice and licence travel with it, and the font file's own metadata counts."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 2",
          "quote": "Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license.",
          "note": "Bundle it in free or paid software; ship the copyright notice and licence with it."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 3",
          "quote": "No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder.",
          "note": "A modified font stays under the OFL and must not use a Reserved Font Name (each font page lists its own)."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 5",
          "quote": "The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license.",
          "note": "Share it freely, with its copyright notice and the OFL."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 1",
          "quote": "Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.",
          "note": "Selling it inside software you sell is allowed (condition 2); selling the font alone is not."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Preamble",
          "quote": "The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.",
          "note": "The notice goes with copies of the font file, not into what you make."
        }
      },
      "hostable": true,
      "slug": "ofl-1-1"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "Apache-2.0",
      "name": "Apache License 2.0",
      "official_url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
      "text_read_from": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Use, change, share and sell it; pass the licence on with the files and mark files you changed.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license",
          "note": "The grant has no field-of-use limit."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "6",
          "quote": "This License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor",
          "note": "That limit is about the licensor's own names; a logo you set in the font is not restricted."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "4(a)",
          "quote": "You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License",
          "note": "Serving the file is distribution; the licence goes with it."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "4(a)",
          "quote": "You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License",
          "note": "Bundle it; include the licence (and any NOTICE file, 4(d))."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "4(b)",
          "quote": "You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed the files",
          "note": "Changed files say that they were changed."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "4",
          "quote": "You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You meet the following conditions",
          "note": "Licence copy, notices kept, changes marked."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "4",
          "quote": "You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You meet the following conditions",
          "note": "The licence does not forbid charging; the section 4 conditions still apply."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "4",
          "quote": "You may reproduce and distribute copies of the Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium",
          "note": "The notices are needed when you pass the font files on, not in what you make with them."
        }
      },
      "hostable": true,
      "slug": "apache-2-0"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "UFL-1.0",
      "name": "Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0",
      "official_url": "https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence",
      "text_read_from": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Use and share it, even for a fee, with its licence; modified versions follow strict renaming rules.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Preamble",
          "quote": "The requirement for fonts to remain under this licence does not require any document created using the fonts or their derivatives to be published under this licence, as long as the primary purpose of the document is not to be a vehicle for the distribution of the fonts.",
          "note": "Your work is yours, as long as it is not a way to hand out the font."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions",
          "quote": "This licence does not grant any rights under trademark law and all such rights are reserved.",
          "note": "That is about the font's own names; a logo you set in it is not restricted."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 1",
          "quote": "Each copy of the Font Software must contain the above copyright notice and this licence.",
          "note": "The notice and licence go with every copy of the file."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 1",
          "quote": "Each copy of the Font Software must contain the above copyright notice and this licence.",
          "note": "Bundle it with its notice and licence."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 2(b)",
          "quote": "Modified Versions which are Substantially Changed must be renamed to avoid use of the name of the Original Version or similar names entirely.",
          "note": "Small changes add \"derivative X\" to the name (2(c)); big changes take a new name."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Permission & Conditions 4",
          "quote": "The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this licence, and must not be distributed under any other licence.",
          "note": "Share it under the UFL only."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Definitions",
          "quote": "Propagation includes copying, distribution (with or without modification and with or without charging a redistribution fee), making available to the public",
          "note": "Charging a fee is part of what the licence permits; the notice and licence still go with it."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Preamble",
          "quote": "The requirement for fonts to remain under this licence does not require any document created using the fonts or their derivatives to be published under this licence",
          "note": "No credit is asked for in your document."
        }
      },
      "hostable": true,
      "slug": "ufl-1-0"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "CC0-1.0",
      "name": "Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)",
      "official_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode",
      "text_read_from": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Public domain: every use is open, no conditions; trademark and patent rights are not waived.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "4(a)",
          "quote": "No trademark or patent rights held by Affirmer are waived, abandoned, surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document.",
          "note": "Your logo is fine; the author's own trademarks stay theirs."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "in any current or future medium and for any number of copies",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "in any current or future medium and for any number of copies",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "2",
          "quote": "for any purpose whatsoever",
          "note": "No credit is required."
        }
      },
      "hostable": true,
      "slug": "cc0-1-0"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "Unlicense",
      "name": "The Unlicense (public domain dedication)",
      "official_url": "https://unlicense.org/",
      "text_read_from": "https://unlicense.org/",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Public domain: copy, change, use and sell it for any purpose.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software",
          "note": "No conditions."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Text",
          "quote": "for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.",
          "note": "No credit is required."
        }
      },
      "hostable": true,
      "slug": "unlicense"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "LicenseRef-Windows-Font",
      "name": "Fonts supplied with Windows (Microsoft's font FAQ)",
      "hostable": false,
      "official_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq",
      "text_read_from": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq",
      "read": "2026-10-21",
      "summary": "Make and sell things with it, logos included; never copy, convert, self-host or bundle the font file.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Frequent questions",
          "quote": "Unless you are using an application that is specifically licensed for home, student, or non-commercial use, we do not restrict you from selling the things you print and make using the Windows-supplied fonts.",
          "note": "Allowed unless the app you work in is licensed for home, student or non-commercial use."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "conditions",
          "clause": "Frequent questions",
          "quote": "Unless you are using an application that is specifically licensed for home, student, or non-commercial use, we do not restrict you from making logos using the Windows-supplied fonts.",
          "note": "Same condition as commercial work."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Web",
          "quote": "copy fonts from a Windows installation to a web server, a process known as web font “self-hosting”.",
          "note": "Naming it in a CSS font stack is fine; serving the font file is not. Web licences are sold by Monotype (Fonts.com)."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Document embedding",
          "quote": "No, document font embedding permissions relate to embedding fonts in documents only, not embedding fonts in games, apps and devices.",
          "note": "Pictures of text made with it (a logo, a banner PNG) may go into a game or app; the font file may not."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Redistribution and extended rights",
          "quote": "You may not copy them to other computers or servers, and you may not convert them to other formats, including bitmap formats, or modify them.",
          "note": "No edits and no format conversion, not even for private use."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Redistribution and extended rights",
          "quote": "Apart from the document embedding rights described previously, you may not redistribute the Windows fonts.",
          "note": "Documents with embedded fonts (Word, PowerPoint, PDF) are the exception."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "Redistribution and extended rights",
          "quote": "Apart from the document embedding rights described previously, you may not redistribute the Windows fonts.",
          "note": "Extended rights for many of these fonts are sold by Monotype."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "Frequent questions",
          "quote": "we do not place any restrictions on what you do with print output that uses these fonts.",
          "note": "No credit is asked for."
        }
      },
      "slug": "licenseref-windows-font"
    },
    {
      "spdx": "LicenseRef-Microsoft-Aptos",
      "name": "Microsoft Software License Terms for the Aptos fonts",
      "hostable": false,
      "official_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106087",
      "text_read_from": "https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/6/0/860a94fa-7feb-44ef-ac79-c072d9113d69/Microsoft%20Aptos%20Fonts.zip (Microsoft Aptos Fonts EULA.rtf inside)",
      "read": "2026-10-22",
      "summary": "Install and use it on any number of your devices; you may not pass the font file to anyone.",
      "uses": {
        "commercial": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "1a",
          "quote": "You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices.",
          "note": "The terms set no limit on what you make with it."
        },
        "logo": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "1a",
          "quote": "You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices.",
          "note": "The terms set no limit on what you make with it."
        },
        "web": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "1b",
          "quote": "This agreement does not grant you a license to distribute nor sublicense all or part of the software to any third party.",
          "note": "Serving the file to browsers hands it out; a CSS font stack that names Aptos is fine."
        },
        "app": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "1b",
          "quote": "This agreement does not grant you a license to distribute nor sublicense all or part of the software to any third party.",
          "note": "The file may not ship inside an app or game."
        },
        "modify": {
          "status": "unknown",
          "clause": "3",
          "quote": "reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;",
          "note": "Editing is not named; reverse engineering is forbidden."
        },
        "redistribute": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "3",
          "quote": "publish the software for others to copy;",
          "note": "No sharing of the file."
        },
        "sell": {
          "status": "not_allowed",
          "clause": "3",
          "quote": "rent, lease or lend the software;",
          "note": "No distribution rights at all (1b)."
        },
        "credit": {
          "status": "allowed",
          "clause": "7",
          "quote": "This agreement, and the terms for supplements, updates, and support services that you use, are the entire agreement for the software and support services.",
          "note": "No credit is asked for anywhere in the terms."
        }
      },
      "slug": "licenseref-microsoft-aptos"
    }
  ]
}