[tex-live] Proposal for collection reorganization

[Hans Hagen]

Ralf Stubner wrote:
> Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl> writes:
>   
>> Frank +//0- wrote:
>>     
>>> Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> wrote:
>>>       
>>>>  http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/adobe-utopia-75dpi/README?view=markup
>>>>
>>>> The original license is obviously in the Xorg sources again.  It seems
>>>> that Kevin Martin found it in the X11R5 sources half a year ago.
>>>>
>>>> No good news for Thanh, though.
>>>>         
>>> Why isn't that good news, or what would be needed in addition?
>>>   
>>>       
>> what does
>>
>> appear in all unmodified copies
>>
>> mean, that one may modify i.e. that there can be modified copies? 
>>     
>
> Good question. Adobe does not grant you the right to modify the fonts,
> though: 
>
> Permission to use, reproduce, display and distribute the listed typefaces
> is hereby granted,
> [...]
>
> It might be that Adobe had a differnt intention, but by the above I
> don't see how anybody but Adobe would be allowed to make chages to
> these fonts. :-(
>   
well, the x people should ask that then, maybe something: "if we modify the font, do we still need to add the adove reference, or do we need to state explicitly that adone is no longer responsible for the design"; 

i can also imagine that they hav eno problem with "extending the font with missing glyphs" 

Hans 

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