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From: James Matthew Farrow matty@cs.su.oz.au
Subject: Fonts and unicode distribution...
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 23:54:10 -0400

    Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 09:59:21 PDT
    From: netapp!ghoti!byron@net... (Byron Rakitzis)
    Message-Id: <9304271659.AA07648@gho...>
    To: 9fans@cs.psu.edu, matty@cs.su.oz.au
    Subject: Re:  Fonts and unicode distribution...
    
    I don't mean to stir a hornets nest here, but it's my impression that
    there's no copyright protection for screen-bitmap fonts. Of course,
    that doesn't mean that omitting a distribution notice in this case is
    the Right Thing to do...

I was under the impression that this is the case in the USA --
screen-bitmap fonts are not protected -- but in Great Britian it's
a different matter.  I'm not sure of their status in Australia.
Adding a NOTICE is definitely a Good Idea(TM) and I have written to
Mr Charles A. Bigelow asking for permission to distribute the fonts.

					Matty.
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