Adding Accufonts to the update stream (was Re: Licences Question : Squeak-L Art 6.)

Douglas Brebner squeaklists at fang.demon.co.uk
Mon Feb 24 20:48:18 UTC 2003


On 24 Feb 2003 11:58:18 +0100
Cees de Groot <cg at cdegroot.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 06:53, Doug Way wrote:
> > p.s. Here is the text of the Accufont license, for reference:
> > [...]
> 
> >  Use of the fonts in derivative 
> > software products is allowed.
> > 
> That's the biggest issue I have with the license. It's extremely vague
> - what is a 'derivative software product'. And what if I want to use
> them for something that does not fit that term?

Would Knuths Computer Modern fonts be suitable? I believe that the fonts
themselves are in the public domain though the names are restricted.
(i.e, if you alter the fonts at all, you must give the new ones a
different name)

-- 
Douglas



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