Will I have legal issues if I attach this 'free' font using @font-face?

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Published on 2011-01-06T06:27:43Z Indexed on 2011/01/06 6:54 UTC
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*(I'm not sure if StackOverflow is the best place to ask this. But previously, I asked a similar question and it was well received).*

I just found this awesome free font (Aller).

It is free but it has the following written in the license file:

Use by more than 25 Users, or equivalent Website Visitors, is a breach of this Free Licence Agreement, and instead requires a commercial licence.

This is what I understand:

If it is used in a company with more than 25 employees then it requires commercial license?
If the website gets more than 25 visits per month it requires commercial license?

Not sure if I got it wrong, but it doesn't make too much sense to me (specially the second statement.

I want to use it in my personal portfolio were I provide web design services.

Do I need a commercial license?

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