On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 16:08, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: > Why didn't GNOME choose to get involved with these fonts when > Bitstream releases them as Free Software fonts?
Because GNOME negotiated with Bitstream to make these fonts free, which Bitstream is going to do. That is to say, GNOME's involvement is the reason these fonts are free, not the other way around.