nanogui: nanogui widget set
Subject:
Re: nanogui widget set
From:
Ben Pfaff ####@####.####
Date:
15 Jun 1999 22:31:10 -0000
Message-Id: <87hfo9ksin.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu>
Alan Cox ####@####.#### writes:
> and writes them into a C file. In this way, I have the MS-Windows System and Dialog
> fonts. (System 14x16 and MSSansSerif 11x13). All the font files are kept in
> a library, and linked into micro-windows by the programmer's request. The programmer
You can expect to get your butt kicked by MS if you do anything with that
generally of course 8)
Actually, no. The fonts that he refers to are both bitmap fonts.
Referring to the comp.fonts FAQ at
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fonts-faq/part2/
we learn that:
[...]
"First, the short answer in the USA: Typefaces are not
copyrightable; bitmapped fonts are not copyrightable, but scalable
fonts are copyrightable. Authorities for these conclusions follow.
[...]
So he's safe from Microsoft in this case in the US at least.
--
Can I go now? I have a program I'm working on.
from _The Tao of Programming_
