America.gov 启动,但使用了试用字体,引发对 GSA 的许可质疑

生产样式表加载了 Rhymes VF Trial,其嵌入的元数据写着“试用未授权”。Maxitype 的 EULA 禁止将试用字体纳入最终项目文件,但 GSA 是否拥有单独许可尚不清楚。

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RUNTIMEWIRE INVESTIGATION — Original analysis

Original reporting by RuntimeWire, based on testing.

为何重要

America.gov 使联邦政府在面向公众的信息服务中成为人工智能的明显采用者。接下来的考验是,其被引用的答案是否能够可靠地引导人们使用各机构的服务,以及任何未来的交易是否会就模型、身份数据和技术保障提供明确披露。

Reporting record

Finding

America.gov’s production stylesheet loads Rhymes variable font files identified in their metadata as trial and unlicensed, while whether GSA has separate permission is unknown.

How we verified

Methods: testing.

The production stylesheet references Rhymes variable and italic trial files; the variable font’s embedded name table identifies it as “Rhymes VF Trial Unlicensed.” Maxitype’s current EULA bars trial fonts from final project files.

Examined America.gov’s production stylesheet and the font metadata, then compared the trial-use language with Maxitype’s current EULA.

Evidence

Reproduction

Reproduction does not apply to this reporting (document-driven).

Company response

RuntimeWire requested comment; the company had not responded by publication time.

RuntimeWire reached out to GSA and Maxitype for comment and is awaiting a response.

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America.gov 于周二上线,作为一个由 AI 驱动的联邦信息入口。其生产样式表加载了一个 Rhymes 可变字体文件,文件名包含 "Trial",其嵌入的名称表将其标识为 "Rhymes VF Trial Unlicensed." 样式表还引用了一个斜体试用文件。该字体元数据引发了许可问题;这些信息并不能证明 GSA 是否获准使用这些文件。

The production stylesheet loads Rhymes VF Trial, whose embedded metadata says "Trial Unlicensed." 生产样式表加载了 Rhymes VF Trial,其嵌入的元数据写着 "Trial Unlicensed."…

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