Bug#173529: marked as done (Two large groups of non-free fonts in main.)
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From: "Zephaniah E\. Hull" <warp@babylon.d2dc.net>
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Subject: Two large groups of non-free fonts in main.
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Package: xfonts-75dpi
Note, while this is filed against xfonts-75dpi, it affects several of
the font packages generated from the xfree86 source package, feel free
to reassign to another package.
The two large groups in question are the Utopia (UT*) and the Lucida
(lu*) fonts.
The only license I can find on the Utopia fonts is in the font files
themselves:
COPYRIGHT "Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights=
Reserved."
Obviously without something further we do not even have a license to
distribute them, hopefully I am simply missing a license somewhere that
gives us proper rights, however..
The license case for the Lucida fonts is a little more interesting.
In the font files is the following notice:
COMMENT (c) Copyright Bigelow & Holmes 1986, 1985. Lucida is a registered
COMMENT trademark of Bigelow & Holmes. See LEGAL NOTICE file for terms
COMMENT of the license.
The contents of the file in question is below, what rights it gives is,
a very interesting question. It does not explicitly give permission to
modify, however it is vague enough that -legal should probably examine
it.
(Note, this is a /different/ license then the one Branden recently sent
B&H a letter about.)
This is the LEGAL NOTICE pertaining to the Lucida fonts from Bigelow & Holm=
es:
NOTICE TO USER: The source code, including the glyphs or icons=20
forming a par of the OPEN LOOK TM Graphic User Interface, on this=20
tape and in these files is copyrighted under U.S. and international
laws. Sun Microsystems, Inc. of Mountain View, California owns
the copyright and has design patents pending on many of the icons.=20
AT&T is the owner of the OPEN LOOK trademark associated with the
materials on this tape. Users and possessors of this source code=20
are hereby granted a nonexclusive, royalty-free copyright and=20
design patent license to use this code in individual and=20
commercial software. A royalty-free, nonexclusive trademark
license to refer to the code and output as "OPEN LOOK" compatible=20
is available from AT&T if, and only if, the appearance of the=20
icons or glyphs is not changed in any manner except as absolutely
necessary to accommodate the standard resolution of the screen or
other output device, the code and output is not changed except as=20
authorized herein, and the code and output is validated by AT&T.=20
Bigelow & Holmes is the owner of the Lucida (R) trademark for the
fonts and bit-mapped images associated with the materials on this=20
tape. Users are granted a royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use
the trademark only to identify the fonts and bit-mapped images if,=20
and only if, the fonts and bit-mapped images are not modified in any
way by the user.=20
Any use of this source code must include, in the user documentation=20
and internal comments to the code, notices to the end user as =20
follows:
(c) Copyright 1989 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun design patents
pending in the U.S. and foreign countries. OPEN LOOK is a=20
trademark of AT&T. Used by written permission of the owners.
(c) Copyright Bigelow & Holmes 1986, 1985. Lucida is a registered=20
trademark of Bigelow & Holmes. Permission to use the Lucida=20
trademark is hereby granted only in association with the images=20
and fonts described in this file.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., AT&T, AND BIGELOW & HOLMES=20
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF
THIS SOURCE CODE FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS"=20
WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.=20
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., AT&T AND BIGELOW & HOLMES,=20
SEVERALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES=20
WITH REGARD TO THIS SOURCE CODE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SUN MICROSYSTEMS,
INC., AT&T OR BIGELOW & HOLMES BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA =09
OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOURCE CODE.
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Subject: Not copyrightable.
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10:30 < Overfiend> Mercury: bitmapped letterforms are not copyrightable
in the United States, go close your fucking bug
Enough for me, sorry for the trouble.
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