David Carlisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> These simple conditions on the overall program name sound like they
>> fall within the scope of DFSG #4.  Restrictions on individual file
>>  names do not.
>
> Those conditions [on cm fonts] _are_ at the level of individual file
> names.
>
> You can not call your font metric file  cmr10.tfm unless it is byte for
> byte the same as Knuth's cmr10.

That's not true.  He hasn't registered a trademark on the name, I
believe.  So the most the license can do is prohibit you from calling
a *derivative work* of Knuth's cmr10 file cmr10.tfm.

If I write my own font -- or take a free font from elsewhere -- I may
name it cmr10.tfm and distribute it without violating Knuth's
license.  I may even do so in parallel with a TeX distribution.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen
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