[OpenFontLibrary] Adobe Font licenses

Christopher Fynn cfynn at gmx.net
Mon Nov 10 22:52:57 PST 2008


Fontfreedom at aol.com wrote:

>     I know a while ago Adobe Utopia was discussed as something which
>     could be modified and used as an open font...What about Helvetica?
...

> Seems pretty open / reusable, but the "without fee" may mean it can't be 
> used in commercial fonts? Or does it just mean Adobe / DEC won't charge 
> you a fee?
> 

"Without fee" would mean it and any derivatives could not be charged 
for. Even including the font with something that was charged for (i.e. a 
commercial Linux distribution), would probably be a problem.

- Chris



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