On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:56:29 +0400 Alexander Cherepanov wrote: > Hello, Francesco! > You wrote to debian-legal@lists.debian.org on Fri, 29 May 2009 00:29:18 +0200: > > >> In the US and some other places, bitmap fonts can't be copyrighted. You can > >> make a free bitmap font by rendering a non-free font at a particular size. > > > > Interesting: could you point me at the specific article that states > > this rule in http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ ? > > The issue was raised on this list before. I tried to describe my > understanding of it in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/12/msg00003.html . But it > was long ago and I didn't revisit it since then. Very interesting reading. What I wonder now is: why I see many copyright holders and copyright licenses in, say, /usr/share/doc/xfonts-base/copyright ? -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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