On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, David Palmer wrote: > This is a newsletter from the Lycoris Linux commercial distribution, > concerning something new in font/font management. > I'm not aware of the licencing details (I would be very surprised if it > could be classified as 'free'). Point the first.
It's not remotely free. (Though Bitstream have made the specification for the underlying formats open so at the very least a free as in beer clone could be made. Perhaps free as in speech. I looked at the licenses a long time ago.) > Point the second: There seems to be an ever accelerating interest in the > proprietary section toward incorporating free/open source software into > "hybrid" environments. This has a double implication for me - (1) > Proprietary vendors wanting to incorporate FOSS to extend and enhance > marketability of their product/s. (2) The possibility of proprietary > interests incorporating FOSS into their productline, Nothing wrong with that. > and then by way of > this assuming a legal posture in the possession aspect. How could they? By using GPL licensed products they have agreed not to do that. > Point the third: Lycoris is based on a Caldera base, and I'm not sure > how this would stand with the SCO situation. Again I don't see how it could. > But it looks good, as all dangerous toys do, so I thought that it might > be of interest anyway. > Regards, Meh. Maybe some font fetishists will be interested in this but I can't see 99.9% of Linux users caring. Certainly not enough to switch distributions for it. Freetype2 with proper tweaking gives excellent quality fonts. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
