Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!intercon!news From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Are fonts illegal to copy?? Message-ID: <2694CA61.B21@intercon.com> Date: 6 Jul 90 17:29:05 GMT References: <1990Jul1.205518.12783@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1990Jul2.180307.1697@ico.isc.com> <1990Jul6.092719.18438@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: usenet@intercon.com (USENET The Magnificent) Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Herndon, VA Lines: 23 In article <1990Jul6.092719.18438@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: > And I say it again; the power to license is the power to destroy! Perhaps, but I still do not see that this presents a practical problem. Computer printers generally come with an implicit license to use the fonts that are built into the printer, if nothing else. Also, even the most restrictive font licenses only govern the circumstances of rendering, not the purpose of the text being rendered. Look at it this way: if a font is offered for sale to the public, anybody can buy it. You don't need to show ID at your local computer store... This is even more true if fonts are copyrighted, since the main reason fonts (and software) are licensed, and not sold, is to get around holes in the copyright law. I think that your argument is a red herring. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation -- Entropy requires no maintenance.