[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 1401] Please add KOI8-R fonts to X.org tree

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------- Additional Comments From D.Yu.Bolkhovityanov at inp.nsk.su  2004-09-22 21:43 -------
Okay, so, the consensus is that changing the -FOUNDRY-FAMILY part and making
appropriate aliases is enough to escape any legal problems.

The following scheme looks sufficient:

-Adobe-Times
   -> -Xorg-Dutch
-Adobe-Helvetica
   -> -Xorg-Swiss
-Adobe-Courier
   -> -Xorg-Courier
-Adobe-New Century Schoolbook
   -> -Xorg-Nuovo Secolo Libro
-B&H-Lucida*
   -> -Xorg-Serene*

RATIONALE:

"Dutch" and "Swiss" (without numbers 8NN and 7NN) are copyright-free equivalents
of "Times" and "Helvetica".

"Courier" name, if memory serves me right, is in public domain.

I couldn't find an appropriate analog for "New Century Schoolbook", so gave it a
voluntary italian translation.

Regarding "Lucida": in 2000, when I've just finished cyrillization of X fonts
and was ready to release them, I had a brief correspondence with Chuck Bigelow.
He confirmed that distributing modified versiona under "B&H" or "Lucida" names
is NOT appropriate, but upon changing these names everything IS OK.  So, in
CYR-RFX/fonts-KOI8-R these fonts are called "Serene" and "SereneTypewriter".
        
   
   
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