I have one Scribus-related question regarding this; Hirwen HARENDAL wrote: > From: sveinki at nett.is> To: scribus at lists.scribus.info >>> ** American typewriter from BT is a commercial font. > > I'm pretty sure my >>> copy of amrtypen.ttf came in a soup of > fonts on a Corel8 CD. The >>> "LICENSE.TXT" for the fonts > indicated free personal use, but for >>> commercial uses you > should buy a license. Quite normal practice.> > The >>> font header is not very informative:> > "MediumAmerTypewriterITCbyBT..." >> Suppose there is a bit more legalese in font headers these days? > ** Legalese in font header isn't sufficient to determine as for the use of a > police. Only the license has a real value. > You have the right to use this font ,only and only because you have > the program delivering it. Sandra can't if she haven't a corel prg like > you. Fonts coming with a prg aren't redistribuable too... Even if you > can find it on the web... Shareware fonts can only be tested, the > use need to purchase a licence.
So, if I embed a font in a PDF document made in Scribus, I'd have to check the licensing status of the font before sending the document to another person. Is there any project to do such checking - and would such a mechanism be integrated in Scribus in any future ? > > - Now, where are the limits between personal an commercial uses? > Associations and organisations are considered as having a commercial status, > depending of the country. > - And if I publish a work on the web for exemple, by using a font like > American typewriter ITC by BT? > Legally and in theory, this is no longer a personal use too... Any publishing is bound by this over here. Possibly also the nameplate I cut in Oregon pine for my mother-in-law's summerhouse; Garamond Medium used there... :-) Luckily the number of lawyers per hectare is quite low in my country. Cheers Sveinn ? Felli
