Re: [Richard Braakman <dark@debian.org>] roxen-fonts-iso8859-1_0-1_i386.changes REJECTED

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de (Martin Bialasinski) writes:

   BP> ``First, the short answer in the USA: Typefaces are not
   BP> copyrightable; bitmapped fonts are not copyrightable, but scalable
   BP> fonts are copyrightable. Authorities for these conclusions follow.
   BP> [...]

   The fonts used in Roxen are bitmapped fonts. They are scaled and
   antialiased, when desired, but they are not vectorfonts.

   Does this mean there doesn't need to be a copyright?

According to the above, bitmapped fonts aren't copyrightable, so you
are correct.