Re: typescript repository

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl>]

Dnia Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:52:34PM +0000, Bruce D\\\'Arcus napisał(a):
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Dnia Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:14:49PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
> حامد napisa&#322;(a):
> > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:27:09 -0600, Bruce D'Arcus  
> > > <bdarcus.lists <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >c) that there's no reason at all to make a distinction between free
> > > >and professional fonts in such a repository
> > > 
> > > I absolutely agree with Bruce on this point 
> > 
> > And I strongly disagree.  A repository of that kind would be a great
> > idea, but at least one column in the table (price, or just "free: Y/N")
> > would be very useful - especially for people like me, who cannot afford
> > expensive commercial fonts.
> 
> OK, let me rephrase: I mean there's no reason to exclude commercial font
> tyepscripts from the repository.
> 
> Also, I think it would be useful to include availability information in the file
> (if possible) regardless of the whether it's free or commercial.

That's right.

> > And note that the distinction is *not* between "free" and
> > "professional", but rather "free" and "commercial".  Aren't LM or TeX
> > Gyre professional;)?
> 
> You're right that my word choice was wrong. OTOH, I think LM looks like crap ;-)

Well, it's just Computer Modern revamped;).

> But your wording is also a little loose; "free" is rather vague, and licensing
> details matter quite a lot with fonts. 

That's true, too; licensing and intellectual property law resemble a
jungle...

> Bruce

Regards

-- 
Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

Well, I admit that I quite like the Emacs operating system.  The only
problem with it is that it lacks a good ASCII editor.
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