Hi, Thanks Doogster for these references, very interesting.
Indeed, after King Beowulf's response I looked closely at the eula and concluded that one was not allowed to use the fonts (unless only for yourself in documents you do not send around) So I gave up on the idea of linking them on the system folder when releasing 9.5.1 (still in pending). As the typophile comments say, I also got the original idea from TeX.SX where people seem to promote the idea of using the fonts provided in Reader for documents. Cheers Greg On 25 April 2012 19:02, Doogster <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the late reply, but I actually did manage to find Adobe's > official word on this: > > "The Adobe Reader license seems to not allow using the fonts for other > purposes such as creating documents (unlike other Adobe licenses)." > > http://typophile.com/node/27455#comment-152039 > > The author of that forum post is also the author of this blog entry: > > http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2005/12/quality_in_type.html > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:31 PM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Greg' Ar Tourter <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am thinking of modifying the slackbuild script for Adobe Reader to >>> add the fonts provided with it to the system's path, more specifically >>> the otf fonts. >>> >>> The reason I wish to do this is that the Minion and myriad font are >>> rather nice and used quite often by people in documents. The fonts >>> have the same licence as the rest of the application and allows the >>> user to use them and embed them in documents as they please. >>> >>> So my first question is: is it acceptable to do so? and the subsequent >>> one being, if it is, should I just copy the fonts to >>> /use/share/fonts/OTF or link them there? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for the feedback. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Greg >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >>> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >>> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >>> >> >> I would say no. The Adobe Acrobat Reader fonts are subject to the Adobe >> Acrobat Reader software EULA and I don't see a "do what you want clause." >> There are some redistribution and usage issues and the EULA does not allow >> you to do "as you please." >> >> http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/reader/x/eula_en_gb.html >> http://store1.adobe.com/type/browser/info/embedding.html >> >> There are plenty of decent public domain, open source and creative commons >> fonts if you are looking for document creation. >> >> That said, as I am definitely not a lawyer (and I really do detest EULAs in >> general), perhaps leave it to the user: include a switch with default of >> "no" and link them for system wide installation. >> >> -Ed >> -- >> You! What PLANET is this! >> -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > SlackBuilds-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users > Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ > FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ > _______________________________________________ SlackBuilds-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/
