Apple fonts

Andrew C. Greenberg werdna at mucow.com
Sun Jul 2 23:35:57 UTC 2000


At 2:32 PM -0700 7/2/00, John M McIntosh wrote:
>on 7/2/00 12:57 AM, Stefan Matthias Aust at sma at 3plus4.de wrote:
>
>>  At 16:56 01.07.00 -0700, John M McIntosh wrote:
>>>  I've been watching the font issue with interest. I happen to know where one
>>>  can get a set of windows fonts that are bit identical to  Apple bitmapped
>>>  fonts. Of course having created them 10 odd years ago helps.
>>
>>  Wouldn't it an alternative to either try to license Microsoft's web core
>>  fonts (www.microsoft.com/typography/) or to clarify the uncertainty of the
>>  license once and forever?
>
>Well I think the sore point in the Squeak license is
>
>you may distribute and sublicense the Fonts only as a part of and for use
>with Modified Software, and not as a part of or for use with Modified
>Software that is distributed or sublicensed for a fee or for other valuable
>consideration

Agreed on this point -- the Apple fonts should be excised from the 
image in due course.
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