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gregoryloucas / Fontstrap

The iconic font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap
gregoryloucas.github.com/Fontstrap
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Why aren't these contributed back to Font-Awesome? #46

Closed ketiko closed 11 years ago

ketiko commented 11 years ago

What's the reason for maintaining a separate branch of additional icons? It would be awesome if these were just included in the main Font-Awesome.

wildchild commented 11 years ago

+1. @gregoryloucas, could you shed a light on this secret?

mattes commented 11 years ago

+1

rwojsznis commented 11 years ago

I lately discovered that there is more to Font-Awesome and I wonder just the same - why hide this? :+1:

skatkov commented 11 years ago

would be good to see that in merged in Font-awesome

digitalclutch commented 11 years ago

Perhaps they're concerned about any potential legal repercussions concerning fair use or quality issues that could arise from trademark holders in the future. Which would hinder it's widespread adoption, and ultimately prevent any potential inclusion in future versions of bootstrap.

Since bootstrap didn't include any trademarks in their glyphicons, I would have to assume that's by design, and must be a sticky situation when distributing software that will be used on a vast number of projects; in ways you can't anticipate. I assume the social icons included in the other repository followed company issued quality guidelines, and are so widely used there's no lingering questions regarding legal complications.

These are purely uneducated guesses. @gregoryloucas, @davegandy care to elaborate?

gregoryloucas commented 11 years ago

Font Awesome 3.1.0 will have contributions.