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Article #429Re: ps2bits fix
From: Wolf Paul
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:21
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:21
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In article <l96cogINNcgb@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> rberlin@birdland.Eng.Sun.COM (Rich Berlin) writes:
>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.
What about using xnews to rasterize for a fax server? Is that
considered "hardcopy"?
Because there are PRODUCTS our there (I won't say which) which use it
exactly for that purpose, and which need to be converted to use
Ghostscript if the above applies to faxservers.
Thanks for clarifying ...
Wolf
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.news,comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.sun.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!rcvie!cc_paul From: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf Paul) Subject: Re: ps2bits fix Message-ID: <1992Aug21.142144.1641@rcvie.co.at> Sender: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf N. Paul) Reply-To: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: Alcatel Austria - Elin Research Center, Vienna References: <Bt94AM.A9p@dswe.navy.mil.nz> <l96cogINNcgb@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:21:44 GMT Lines: 24