[comp.lang.postscript] font.copyrights

richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/17/87)

There has been some discussion about a rumor that the Adobe PostScript screen
fonts were placed in the pubic domain.

Does anybody know if this is true ?

Ok, lets try this:

H E Y   ADOBE ! Is this true ? Are the screen fonts really PD or is it just
wishfull thinking ?

You may as well post the answer to comp.sys.amiga, as we're all kinda 
inner rested.

Well, actually I'm kinda tired, but thats not important right now.

Thanks



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nf@ccicpg.UUCP (Ned Foboe) (07/06/90)

Whats legal and whats not seems to be pretty well established. I have
some gray areas for y'all.

I have a PS printer. I also own a set of Compugraphic outline fonts,
plus a tool to convert them to type 1 PS fonts, or Amiga (screen) bitmap
fonts.

Is it legal for me to distribute the bitmaps that I generate?

What about the PS fonts that _I generate_ from the CG outlines? I 
understand that a copyright is held by CG for their outlines, but
is the resulting PS program still covered by their copyright ? Yes ?
No ? Gray area ?

I don't have any plans to do these, I'm just curious.

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Ned. No, really.