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- From: bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Christian Bauer)
- Subject: Re: Copyright on converted fonts? HELP!
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:16:45 GMT
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- In article <7dl3ah=@rpi.edu>, kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla) wrote:
- >
- > In <C19KtA.DM@netnews.jhuapl.edu> ygor@3d2c.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White (F2C)) writes:
- >
- > > If a scaled font (PostScript or True Type) is copyrighted, you must
- > > get permission before you distribute any converted versions.
- >
- > But it must be said that if you did pay for the fonts, you have the
- > right to convert them to any format you want for your own use.
- >
- > (Of course, in this case the point's kind of moot.... I've had a
- > freeware TrueType Garamond clone for about a year now....)
-
- it is a dual problem in Europe. The License agreement you are bound
- to say explicitly not to decompile a font (Adobe). It is forbidden,
- but Adobe Illustrater does exactly that for shaping Type 1 Fonts.
- In other words the same company which forbids the decompilation of
- fonts sells the program with the feature to decompile the fonts!!!
-
- Metamorphosis, Fontographer, Fontstudio and Fontmonger also have to
- decompile the fonts in an intermediate format to recompile it into
- Truetype.
-
- Just an opinion!
-
- Christian Bauer
-
- bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de
-