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Article #2786Re: Copyright on converted fonts? HELP!
From: Glenn Reid
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:22
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:22
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00bwanderson@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes > > Hello, all. I just got Metamorphosis Pro and I've been converting several PS > Type 1 fonts to TrueType. (What can I say- I like it! :) What I need to know > is, if I convert copyrighted fonts (Say, Adobe Garamond) can these fonts then > be distributed, or are they still copyrighted to Adobe? You absolutely can't distribute those converted fonts. The copyright covers derivative works, and you will get yourself into a lot of hot water posting them to the Internet. It seems to me that it should say something about this in the Metamorphosis Pro manual. -- Glenn Reid NeXTmail: glenn@rightbrain.com RightBrain Software 415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977) Palo Alto, California Electronic Frontier Foundation, member #054
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!rtbrain!rightbrain.com From: glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Copyright on converted fonts? HELP! Message-ID: <1082@rtbrain.rightbrain.com> Date: 26 Jan 93 02:22:26 GMT References: <1993Jan21.172248.13913@bsu-ucs> Sender: glenn@rightbrain.com Reply-To: glenn@rightbrain.com Lines: 19