Copyright grants for fonts?
Hi,
I have some software that uses fonts from standard debian packages, namely:
- various URW fonts (text/gsfonts)
- Bitstream Charter (x11/xfonts-scalable)
- Adobe Times (x11/xfonts-75dpi)
Each URW font file explicitly mentions the GPL, and the COPYRIGHT file
for xfonts-scalable [1] gives an explicit license from Bitstream for
their fonts, but I cannot find explicit permission for the Adobe Times
fonts.
The font files themselves have copyright notices for Adobe and Digital:
Copyright (c) 1984, 1987 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 1988, 1991 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. Times is a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its
subsidiaries.
The COPYRIGHT file for the xfonts-75dpi package does not appear to
contain any pertinent information.
Does anyone know where I could find the explicit license from
Adobe/Digital for these fonts?
thanks,
-- Robinson Tryon
[1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/x/xfree86/xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1/xfonts-scalable.copyright
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