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- From: ygor@3d2c.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White (F2C))
- Subject: Re: Copyright on converted fonts? HELP!
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab
- References: <1993Jan21.172248.13913@bsu-ucs>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:36:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.172248.13913@bsu-ucs>, 00bwanderson@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
- |>
- |> Hello, all. I just got Metamorphosis Pro and I've been converting several PS
- |> Type 1 fonts to TrueType. (What can I say- I like it! :) What I need to know
- |> is, if I convert copyrighted fonts (Say, Adobe Garamond) can these fonts then
- |> be distributed, or are they still copyrighted to Adobe? I recall a few months
- |> (maybe a year?) back that faces converted between formats were no longer
- |> copyrighted. I just wanna be SAFE before I go posting any of them to the
- |> InterNet.
- |>
- |> Thanks much for any/all help and advice!
- |>
- |> Bruce
- |> --
- |> .sig? We don' need no steenkin' .sig!
- |>
- |> Bruce Anderson: A tradition of Chaos and Disorder since 1967
- |> spock@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (unix) 00bwanderson@bsu-ucs.uucp (VAX)
- |> Don't look at me in that tone of voice! BSU disclaims me, and I disclaim them.
-
- The answer is a resounding NO !!
-
- If a scaled font (PostScript or True Type) is copyrighted, you must
- get permission before you distribute any converted versions.
-
- This comes from my user group 'porting TrueType fonts from the Mac to
- the Apple IIGS.
-
- --
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- Dan White
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