[XeTeX] Res: Res: Minion Pro and Japanese text

[Atsuhito Kohda]

On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:02:08 +0200, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> Am 05.05.2008 um 10:24 schrieb Atsuhito Kohda:
> 
> > Is there any commonly known evidence that these fonts are
> > free enough so we can freely use them with XeTeX?
> 
> Their license says in short it's allowed to use them for preview and  
> it's allowed to embed them in a document. Details can be obtained  
> from http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/index.html.
> 
> It's probably not allowed to distribute and to alter them or make  
> money with them.

Thanks for your clarification.  To avoid misunderstanding
I cited the clause relevant to the issue;

14.7.1 You may use the font software with the Software on Computers 
       as described in Section 2 and output the font software to any 
       output device(s) connected to such Computer(s).

14.7.4 You may convert and install the font software into another 
       format for use in other environments, subject to the following 
       conditions: A computer on which the converted font software is 
       used or installed will be considered as one of your Permitted 
       Number of Computers. Use of the font software you have converted 
       will be pursuant to all the terms and conditions of this agreement. 
       Such converted font software may be used only for your own customary 
       internal business or personal use and may not be distributed or 
       transferred for any purpose, except in accordance with Section 4.4 
       of this agreement.

14.7.5 You may embed copies of the font software into your electronic 
       documents for the purpose of printing and viewing the document. 
       If the font software you are embedding is identified as "licensed 
       for editable embedding" on Adobe’s website at 
       http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/embeddingeula.html, you may 
       also embed copies of that font software for the additional purpose 
       of editing your electronic documents. No other embedding rights are 
       implied or permitted under this license.

It looks they permit the fonts to be used with XeTeX.
However I find the following statements in LICREAD.TXT
of FontPack81_jpn_i486-linux.tar.gz 

   The font software contained in this package is being licensed to you solely
   for use with the Adobe Reader product ("Adobe Reader") subject to
   the terms and conditions of the Electronic End User License Agreement
   accompanying the Adobe Reader.

especially, "solely for use with the Adobe Reader product 
("Adobe Reader")" looks very restrictive to me.

I don't intend to say they are unusable with XeTeX but 
want to ensure that we can use them with XeTeX safely.

Thanks in advance,    	       2008-5-5(Mon)

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda AT debian.org>
 Department of Math., Univ. of Tokushima