I understand the urge to handwave away copyright or whatever, but it would be nice to at least see some attribution or the links from which you obtained the fonts. The people who made the content you're redistributing would probably appreciate that.
Oh well, ask for forgiveness, not permission. Zero people are going to press claims on this repo. And I'll make the easy wager that nobody who made any of these fonts are ever going to know about (much less care about) this repo.
We bootlick/grandstand over the weirdest things on this forum. Demosceners caring about another hacker publishing or using their font? Oh bother.
What a strangely uncivil response. I was trying to meet folks in the middle here and at least kindly suggest some attribution as a reply to some now (appreciably) deleted grumbling. I'm not trying to impress anyone by suggesting it, it's just the right thing to do if you can do it.
It's not necessarily the right thing to do. If creators don't leave any trace, especially in a community where sharing freely and without credit is commonplace, one shouldn't impose one's own moral lens.
On the other hand, a lot of resources languish and ultimately disappear due to rights issues, not because of a dispute, but because they just can't be settled. For example, the original rights holder cannot be determined or located to give their permission.
I suspect that might be the case here, and I personally would rather these cultural artifacts be archived in good faith than the literal letter of copyright law is adhered to, likely to the detriment of everybody.
