Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:51:08 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@well.com>, Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: banner(6) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010417124854.04560b30@localhost> In-Reply-To: <15068.3823.602852.567433@guru.mired.org> References: <20010417095140.A74385@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104161028290.23302-100000@well.com> <20010416191256.R27477@lpt.ens.fr> <20010416193151.U27477@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010416211727.045766e0@localhost> <20010417095140.A74385@lpt.ens.fr>
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At 03:37 AM 4/17/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >While I'm on the topic: another point of similarity between the two >types of fonts is that they, unlike typefaces, are protected as >intellectual property. The names of typefaces can be (and are) trademarked. While typeface designs are considered to be utilitarian and therefore are not protected by copyright, programs that draw them are. Since Adobe's "fonts" (which are really not fonts but programs to render them) are actually programs, they are subject to copyright protection. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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