aboutcode-org / aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit

OFL-1.1 is listed as permissive, but has some copyleft clause

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Description

The OFL-1.1 contains

```
5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
remain under this license does not apply to any document created
using the Font Software.
```

and therefore is not permissive.

The DB currently shows it as permissive: https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/ofl-1.1.html

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