{
  "question": "Can I use OFL 1.1 commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-ofl-1-1-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-ofl-1-1-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use: Yes. Commercial use, modified and redistributed: Yes.",
  "framing": "SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1): Use, study, modify and redistribute the fonts, including bundled with commercial software; the fonts may not be sold by themselves, and modified versions may not use reserved font names.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use",
      "license": "OFL-1.1",
      "license_name": "SIL Open Font License 1.1",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by OFL 1.1, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "license_notice",
        "share_alike",
        "reserved_font_names",
        "font_not_sold_alone"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Commercial use, modified and redistributed",
      "license": "OFL-1.1",
      "license_name": "SIL Open Font License 1.1",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by OFL 1.1, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "license_notice",
        "share_alike",
        "reserved_font_names",
        "font_not_sold_alone"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "Documents created with the fonts are not subject to the license.",
    "Sublicensing is not mentioned, so it is not treated as granted."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SIL Open Font License 1.1: official text",
      "url": "https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/"
    },
    {
      "title": "OFL-1.1 on the SPDX License List",
      "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/OFL-1.1.html"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "OFL-1.1",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-19"
}