Re: standard fonts and euro
15.05.2001 pisze Anton Zinoviev (anton@lmlserver.bas.bg):
> Because the vendor of these fonts doesn't have permition from the
> trademark holders. XFree doesn't have such permition too and thats why
> it is not allowed to distribute modified fonts with the same font names.
> It must aither distribute the original fonts or to stop using font
> trademarks. (The situation is somewhat similar to the LaTeX Public
> License.)
Are you sure that such modifications (adding one glyph to the bitmap
font) are disallowed?
> > > In my opinion the free software comunity should stop using all
> > > registered trademarks, such as helvetica, times, courier, lucida,
> > > etc.
> > Even if these have been donated by the copyright owners?
> I didn't mean to stop using these fonts, but to stop using their
> trademarks in free programs. The strings like `-adobe-helvetica-*'
> must not be hardcoded in free programs.
This string is not trademarked.
I like the BizNet's approach better: if you must change the name,
change the name, but use appropriate alias files. This does not break
any configuration.
> I didn't mean that we must stop to use the trademarks like `Linux'.
> But free programs *must not depend* on that trademark. If I am not
> allowed to distribute an unofficicial kernel and name it `Linux' that
> is OK. But if free programs stop to work because my kernel is not
> named `Linux' that is not OK.
I think it's a bit too paranoid approach, maybe it is this evening that
I just cannot grok, what you exactly mean. May I forward this
discussion to Adam Twardoch, who is more competent in font issues?
best regards,
Jubal
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