SIL Open Font License
Encyclopedia
The SIL Open Font License is a free and open source license designed for fonts by SIL International
for use with some of their Unicode
fonts. The license is considered free by the Free Software Foundation
, which states that a simple hello world program
is enough to satisfy the license's requirement that fonts using the license be distributed with computer software.
SIL International
SIL International is a U.S.-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages,...
for use with some of their Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
fonts. The license is considered free by the Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a copyleft-based movement which aims to promote the universal freedom to create, distribute and modify computer software...
, which states that a simple hello world program
Hello world program
A "Hello world" program is a computer program that outputs "Hello world" on a display device. Because it is typically one of the simplest programs possible in most programming languages, it is by tradition often used to illustrate to beginners the most basic syntax of a programming language, or to...
is enough to satisfy the license's requirement that fonts using the license be distributed with computer software.