Does embedding a font make a website a derivative work?

Question

Copyright

Does embedding a font make a website a derivative work? If yes, then you need to leave a link (for apache).

Answer 1

Yes, you must indicate in the license that you use such and such a font.

Answer 2

For Russia and many other countries

Does embedding a font make a website a derivative work?

no, unless this site and its content is a copy of another site.
Study carefully 1259, 1260, 1270 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
You need to understand what a derivative work is.

Reworking a work involves the creation of a new (derivative) work based on an existing one.
The right to rework a work is one of the ways to use the result of intellectual activity and as such belongs to the right holder, including those who are not the author of the original work, who has the right to rework the work (in particular, modify a computer program or database) and subsequently use a new (derivative) ) works regardless of the author of the original work.
With regard to computer programs and databases, the processing of a work (modification) means any of their changes, with the exception of adaptation (subparagraph 9 of paragraph 2 of Article 1270 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 1280 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).
By virtue of the provisions of Article 1260 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the translator, as well as the author of another derivative work (arrangement, film adaptation, arrangement, dramatization or other similar work), respectively, owns the copyright for the translation and other processing of another (original) work. The compiler of a collection and the author of another composite work (an anthology, encyclopedia, database, website, atlas or other similar work) owns the copyright for the selection or arrangement of materials (compilation) carried out by them.
Processing (modification) of a computer program or database means any of their changes, including the translation of such a program or such database from one language into another, with the exception of adaptation, that is, the introduction of changes carried out solely for the purpose of the functioning of the computer program or databases on specific user hardware or under the control of specific user programs.