Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-11 Thread Fedor Zuev
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Dylan Thurston wrote: >On 2003-10-08, Fedor Zuev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In this case, it is very unlikely that TYPEBANK Co. will win >> a lawsuit in any country. After all, similarity is not implies >> derivative work. But it is very likely that they will threaten,

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Let me add some reference information. All these issue started from this web page and there is a English version of web page available by an extra one-click. http://khdd.net/kanou/fonts/stolenbitmap.html Also this site has some reference to the previous Japanese case: "Compensation was granted

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-09 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Wednesday, Oct 8, 2003, at 02:20 US/Eastern, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote: No, the list includes outline fonts. These outline fonts adopt TYPEBANK font as a starting point of desigining. In the US, the font itself (the "idea" of the shape of the characters, their spacing, etc.) can't be copyrig

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-08 Thread Dylan Thurston
On 2003-10-08, Fedor Zuev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this case, it is very unlikely that TYPEBANK Co. will win > a lawsuit in any country. After all, similarity is not implies > derivative work. But it is very likely that they will threaten, > harass and terrorize everyyone who will eve

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-08 Thread Fedor Zuev
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Andrew Suffield wrote: >On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:59:22AM +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote: >> As a result of KANOU's investigation, LABO123 32-dot font is same as the >> bitmap font (TYPEBANK Mincho M) that was developed by TYPEBANK Co., >Are these all bitmap fonts, then? >In some

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-08 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, (I don't subscribe debian-legal. I just read the thread via http://lists.debian.org/ web interface.) > Are these all bitmap fonts, then? No, the list includes outline fonts. These outline fonts adopt TYPEBANK font as a starting point of desigining. --- Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Japanese font license problem

2003-10-07 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:59:22AM +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote: > As a result of KANOU's investigation, LABO123 32-dot font is same as the > bitmap font (TYPEBANK Mincho M) that was developed by TYPEBANK Co., Are these all bitmap fonts, then? In some countries (notably the US), copyright does not su