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Article #428Re: ps2bits fix
From: Thomas K. Bischoff
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:54
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 ? -- Thomas K. Bischoff Net: bit@ten.ch,bisc@zellweger.ch ***** Minds, like parachutes, only function when open.
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.news,comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.sun.apps 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 Lines: 25