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From: jeynes@adobe.COM (Ross A. Jeynes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: LaserPrinters and the ST
Keywords: laser printer, atari st, spectre
Message-ID: <1526@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 89 21:35:24 GMT
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Reply-To: jeynes@adobe.UUCP (Ross A. Jeynes)
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In article <1989Dec6.211218.26383@agate.berkeley.edu> laba-1aj@web-2f (John Kawakami) writes:
>This was posted in comp.sys.atari.st:
>In article <14586@boulder.Colorado.EDU> millert@tramp.Colorado.EDU writes:
>:In reference to Adobe putting PostScript in the Public Domain.  Yes!  Amazing
>:as it sounds Adobe has anounced that PS will be made PD in early 1990 (it may
>:be by the end of the first quarter but I can't remember).  The PD Postscript
>:will be able to use Type 1 fonts (something PS emulators can't do) and I believe
>:Adobe will be giving out info on how the Type 1 fonts are created (don't quote
>:me on that).  For more info check out the December Computer Shopper.
>:
>:Hope this clears up the confusion.
>:                                  -Todd
>
>Is this true?

No, it's not true.

The announcement that was made is that the Type 1 font format specification
will become public domain.  

The format specification will be available in the first quarter of 1990 in
the form of technical documentation, and will probably be available from the
file server (among other places) at that time.

The PostScript language itself, that is, the language as defined by the 
Red Book, has always been in the public domain.  Our implementation of the 
PostScript language is still trade secret information and will not be released 
in the near term, if ever.

Hope this helps.

Ross Jeynes              
Developer Support                                   jeynes@adobe.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated                 {sun|decwrl}!adobe!jeynes