<s>
The	O
GPL	B-Application
font	I-Application
exception	I-Application
clause	O
(	O
or	O
GPL+FE	B-Application
,	O
for	O
short	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
optional	O
clause	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
)	O
permitting	O
digital	O
fonts	O
shared	O
with	O
that	O
license	O
to	O
be	O
embedded	O
within	O
a	O
digital	B-Protocol
document	I-Protocol
file	B-Operating_System
without	O
requiring	O
the	O
document	O
itself	O
to	O
also	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
explained	O
by	O
Dave	O
Crossland	O
in	O
Libre	O
Graphics	O
Magazine	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
copyleft	B-License
font	O
may	O
overreach	O
into	O
the	O
documents	O
that	O
use	O
it	O
,	O
unless	O
an	O
exception	O
is	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
normal	O
terms	O
;	O
an	O
additional	O
permission	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
to	O
combine	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
font	O
with	O
a	O
document	O
without	O
affecting	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
texts	O
,	O
photographs	O
,	O
illustrations	O
and	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
libre	O
fonts	O
today	O
have	O
such	O
a	O
copyleft	B-License
license	I-License
–	O
the	O
SIL	B-License
OFL	I-License
or	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
with	O
the	O
Font	O
Exception	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
FAQ.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
font	O
exception	O
was	O
authored	O
in	O
April	O
2005	O
by	O
David	O
"	O
Novalis	O
"	O
Turner	O
,	O
a	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
GPL	B-License
compliance	O
engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
in	O
compliance	O
with	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
's	O
Fedora	O
Linux	O
project	O
included	O
the	O
font	O
exception	O
with	O
the	O
license	O
for	O
its	O
Liberation	O
font	O
package	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
additional	O
restrictions	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
restrictions	O
prompted	O
further	O
discussion	O
among	O
the	O
Debian	O
GNU/Linux	O
distribution	O
's	O
community	O
members	O
concerning	O
the	O
GPL+FE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
attention	O
prompted	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
to	O
follow	O
suit	O
and	O
create	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Font	O
License	O
because	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
satisfied	O
with	O
either	O
the	O
SIL	B-License
OFL	I-License
or	O
with	O
GPL+FE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
indicate	O
a	O
font	O
exception	O
to	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
a	O
digital	O
font	O
creator	O
adds	O
the	O
following	O
language	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
text	O
distributed	O
with	O
their	O
font	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
As	O
a	O
special	O
exception	O
,	O
if	O
you	O
create	O
a	O
document	O
which	O
uses	O
this	O
font	O
,	O
and	O
embed	O
this	O
font	O
or	O
unaltered	O
portions	O
of	O
this	O
font	O
into	O
the	O
document	O
,	O
this	O
font	O
does	O
not	O
by	O
itself	O
cause	O
the	O
resulting	O
document	O
to	O
be	O
covered	O
by	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
exception	O
does	O
not	O
however	O
invalidate	O
any	O
other	O
reasons	O
why	O
the	O
document	O
might	O
be	O
covered	O
by	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
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