The OFL permits bundling a font with any software, on conditions we now meet
explicitly. The file is byte-identical to Microsoft's own release (sha256
528f9214...), so it is not a Modified Version and the Reserved Font Name
clause does not apply. Condition 2 wants the copyright notice and the licence
in every copy: CascadiaMono-OFL.txt ships beside the .ttf and travels into the
bundle with the rest of the assets. Condition 5 wants the font under that
licence and no other, which the Apache LICENSE at the root would otherwise
have appeared to claim -- so NOTICE and the README now carve it out by name.
Also says plainly that Microsoft does not endorse MeshTerm, since condition 4
allows acknowledgement and nothing more.
The README's font section predated the Windows Terminal offer and named a
preference that has since been renamed; it now leads with the terminal, as the
app does.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
MeshTerm goes out under the Apache License, Version 2.0 — free to use,
modify, and redistribute, commercially or otherwise. The patent grant
and the built-in trademark clause (§6) are why Apache over MIT.
The "MeshTerm" name and any logo are reserved as trademarks outside
the code license (NOTICE), and the app's donate link is called out
as supporting this project specifically — a fork can take the code,
but not the name or the donations that come with it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Jean-Pierre MartineauandClaude Opus 5