Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 10:29:53 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: "Gautam N. Lad" <gautam AT interlog DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: GRX v2.0 Font(s) Distribution (.FNT files) and Copyright text
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Gautam N. Lad wrote:

> Hi,
> I read (all) the COPYING.* files in the GRX v2.0 package, and it mentions 
> something about font distributions.  I understood it, but not the COPYING.MIT 
> file completely (regarding fonts distributions).
> 
> I would like to distribute 2 fonts (TMS38IB.FNT and TMS13B.FNT I think) only 
> in a .ZIP package, with my program.  Is this ACCEPTABLE?  I'm sure it is, but 
> I don't wanna take chances.
...

Most of the fonts in GRX come from the X Window System distribution. Which
is freely-available. I don't think its copyright is even as restrictive as
the FSF Copyleft (i.e. you're not required to provide source).

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