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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet Downloadable Fonts
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Date: 22 Mar 89 22:29:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Mar 22 16:29:00 1989


Another possibility would be to find someone who has a set of downloadable
fonts, either from HP, from Bitstream (e.g. the ones I got free with
WordPerfect) or from a cloner. Make a copy of them on floppies.
Use debug to edit out the copyright, and change the name of the font
to something else. Then take them home and use them. Give them to your
friends. The BIT PATTERNS of the fonts cannot be copyrighted
or patented or protected in any other way (unless of course you
buy them after signing some sort of paper saying you agree to give
away your rights!). The names can be and are protected.

And, most important, call you congressman to make sure it stays 
this way!