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Re: ps2bits fix

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From: Thomas K. Bischoff
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:54
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In article <l96cogINNcgb@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> rberlin@birdland.Eng.Sun.COM (Rich Berlin) writes:
>In article <Bt94AM.A9p@dswe.navy.mil.nz> jedge@dswe.navy.mil.nz (John Edge) writes:
>>> (b) because of this obligation, the standard right-to-use license for
>>>     OpenWindows SPECIFICALLY prohibits using xnews to rasterize files
>>>     for hard copy.
>>
>>The first para says not to print raster files produced from PostScript
>>"IF THEY CONTAIN RASTERIZATIONS OF THE 57 FOLIO FONTS" but subpara (b)
>>claims to prohibit it entirely.  Which am I to believe?
>
>Subparagraph b is correct; the license prohibits using xnews to
>rasterize anything--with or without fonts--if the end result will be
>hardcopy.  The fonts are the major sticking point, i.e. the area in
>which (I am given to understand) a font vendor could sue directly or
>force us to do so; but the prohibition is broader than that.  You may
>not use xnews to rasterize for hardcopy, except via NeWSprint.
>

Does this mean it is illegal to use the Snapshot utility in the the deskset
tools, if you don't have NeWSprint ? Especially the print button ?

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!chsun!zellweger!bisc
From: bisc@zellweger.ch (Thomas K. Bischoff)
Subject: Re: ps2bits fix
Message-ID: <1992Aug21.085409.2486@zellweger.ch>
Reply-To: bisc@zellweger.CH (Thomas K. Bischoff)
Organization: Zellweger Uster AG, Switzerland
References: <Bt94AM.A9p@dswe.navy.mil.nz> <l96cogINNcgb@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 08:54:09 GMT
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