[ENH] BDF fonts for squeak

Stephan Rudlof sr at evolgo.de
Mon Jan 24 19:15:51 UTC 2000


Dear Apple company!

What do you think of putting the fonts in Squeak which stem from you
under the 'normal' Squeak license?

With best regards,

Stephan Rudlof

P.S.: This seems to be a long lasting story...

Dan Ingalls wrote:
> 
> >>Also I find the
> >>Apple font clause in the Squeak license pernicious; if nothing else, it
> >>could keep Squeak from being distributed on Linux CD-ROMs.
> >
> >Why?  Aren't they "free" enough to be able to distribute it on the CD-ROMs?
> 
> Folks -
> 
> I was not aware that the fonts shipped with Squeak were a problem for its subsequent use and distribution.  If they are, we could replace them with another set if we can find one that is acceptable looking and completely free.
> 
>         - Dan

-- 
Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
   "Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.
    You can't simply say, 'Today I will be brilliant.'"
    -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3





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