Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:18:43 -0400 From: Gene W Homicki <gwh@spiders.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' <freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fonts for the JDK? Message-ID: <20000919151842.R72148@spiders.com> In-Reply-To: <200009191543.JAA20784@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 09:43:35AM -0600 References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D78C9@l04.research.kpn.com> <200009191543.JAA20784@nomad.yogotech.com>
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+--- | > After a tip from Donovan Rebbechi I looked up Microsoft's typography web | > site. They offer truetype fonts for free download. | > | > http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm | > | > I'm curious if it would be all-right to distribute these fonts with our JDK | > port. | | What's the license for them? +--- There is a FAQ about it at: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm and the full EULA (End User License Agreement) can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/eula.htm It looks like they can only be distributed in .exe (DOS/MS Windoze executable) or .sit.hqx (BinHex'ed Stuffit file, usually found on Mac's) format "with the original filename". Some official entity would also need to register the fact that they will be put up for download. The registration form can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/register.htm The main restrictions I see in the EULA on redistribution: Reproduction and Distribution. You may reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT; provided that each copy shall be a true and complete copy, including all copyright and trademark notices, and shall be accompanied by a copy of this EULA. Copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be distributed for profit either on a stand alone basis or included as part of your own product. Lastly, these fonts are meant to be used on Web sites/with browsers. I could see Microsoft closing this "loophole" in future distributions of the fonts if they saw others distributing them...especially as part of something like say, Java. But more font are always nice. Gene -- Gene W. Homicki gwh@spiders.com Objective Consulting, Inc. http://www.spiders.com/ Internet Application Design voice: +1 914.524.4151 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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