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- From: glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid)
- Newsgroups: comp.fonts
- Subject: Re: Copyright on converted fonts? HELP!
- Message-ID: <1082@rtbrain.rightbrain.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 02:22:26 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.172248.13913@bsu-ucs>
- Sender: glenn@rightbrain.com
- Reply-To: glenn@rightbrain.com
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- 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?
-
- You absolutely can't distribute those converted fonts. The copyright
- covers derivative works, and you will get yourself into a lot of hot water
- posting them to the Internet. It seems to me that it should say something
- about this in the Metamorphosis Pro manual.
-
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