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In article <7dl3ah=@rpi.edu>, kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla) wrote:
> 
> In <C19KtA.DM@netnews.jhuapl.edu> ygor@3d2c.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White  (F2C)) writes:
> 
> >  If a scaled font (PostScript or True Type) is copyrighted, you must
> > get permission before you distribute any converted versions.
> 
> But it must be said that if you did pay for the fonts, you have the
> right to convert them to any format you want for your own use. 
> 
> (Of course, in this case the point's kind of moot.... I've had a
> freeware TrueType Garamond clone for about a year now....)

it is a dual problem in Europe. The License agreement you are bound
to say explicitly not to decompile a font (Adobe). It is forbidden,
but Adobe Illustrater does exactly that for shaping Type 1 Fonts.
In other words the same company which forbids the decompilation of
fonts sells the program with the feature to decompile the fonts!!!

Metamorphosis, Fontographer, Fontstudio and Fontmonger also have to
decompile the fonts in an intermediate format to recompile it into 
Truetype.

Just an opinion!

Christian Bauer

bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de