[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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