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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: Are fonts illegal to copy??
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Date: 2 Jul 90 19:48:17 GMT
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In article <9790@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, tgl@zog.cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
> The
> existing copyright law doesn't seem to have a major problem with people
> ripping off novels by making small changes, so perhaps it will work OK
> for font designs.

One problem with this comparison is that a novel is an end product, while
a font is not.  It is true that fonts are much more mass-market items these
days than they were when the Linotype was state of the art, but they are
still more like tools than they are like books.  Personally, I favor the
"design patent" approach...

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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