Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!bellcore!buzz!nrh From: nrh@buzz.bellcore.com (Nathaniel Howard) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Lasertalk (was Re: Bitmap of PostScript code..) Message-ID: <20115@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 17 Feb 90 01:07:23 GMT References: <2783@bacchus.dec.com> <6722@internal.Apple.COM> <1990Feb16.190232.16224@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: nrh@buzz.bellcore.com (Nathaniel Howard) Distribution: na Organization: Bell Communications Research, Morristown NJ Lines: 24 In article <1990Feb16.190232.16224@Neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes: >The one thing it appears I have NOT bought is the right to reuse >fonts built into the PS interpreter in other ways. Appears? I can't say >I recall seeing a copyright notice (?) supplied with any PS printer >making this EXPLICIT. Without claiming to be authoritative on other matters, here's what you get when you talk to a vanilla LaserWriter: PostScript(tm) Version 23.0 Copyright (c) 1984 Adobe Systems Incorporated. PS> And the more recent LaserWriter IINTX: PostScript(r) Version 47.0 Copyright (c) 1984, '85, '86, '87 Adobe Systems Inc. Copyright (c) 1981 Linotype All Rights Reserved. PS> So now you know the Awful Truth. I don't know if this is explicit enough to satisfy you, or the courts, and I don't much care -- just thought I'd clear up the matter of fact.