RE: [tlug] Arial ... MS ...: Embrace Free Fonts

[<burlingk@example.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: emiddleton@example.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:37 PM
> 
> 
> burlingk@example.com wrote:
> > Per Wikipedia[1] Font Designs are not copyrightable under US law[2]
> > (Not sure about EU or Japanese law).  There are certain 
> aspects though
> > that can be copyrightable or patentable.
> From what was written in wikipedia, it would seem you can 
> rip off a font as long as you don't copy the files, which are 
> protected by copyright, or make an exact pixel level copy of 
> the characters generated by the font.
> 
> 
> Edward
> 
> 
> > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font#Legal_aspects
> 

For safety sake though, one might want to change
the name of the font as well.

As I said before, take it for what it is worth.
Also, do more research.  :P

I think I will as soon as I can get access to
sources other than Wikipedia.  I think that
most already know my internet predicament. ^^;;

I would like to investigate the legalities of fonts myself. :)

-- 
Ken