squeak license

ALR alr.dev at free.fr
Thu Aug 28 17:44:10 UTC 2003


Thank you for your answer
I'll try the link.

"Jim Benson" <jb at speed.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
008b01c36cd2$0b1cbab0$6401a8c0 at hppav...
> Alain,
>
> > *** What is the license status of the Verdana and Tahoma strike fonts of
> the
> > Zurgle project ?
>
> Both of these were simply Microsoft TrueType fonts converted to Squeak
> format, they are not intended for any type of distribution. Verdana has a
> different copyright than Tahoma does. Verdana is part of Microsofts
> 'TrueType for the web program' which provided versions of the font for
both
> Windows and Macintosh computers. As I recall, the license was for personal
> use; the font was provided for cross platform support in Internet
Explorer.
> Several other fonts had the same license, Georgia, Arial, etc.
>
> The history of the font arguments have raged for many years.
>
> For real 'free fonts' you can start your search at:
>
>
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2003-February/053566.
html
>
> as I recall, Bitstream release those as truly 'free' fonts, as far as such
> things go. However, I'm sure that by now someone out there must have a
> patent on 'pixels arranged on a screen' :-)
>
> Jim Benson
>
>
>





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