On Thursday 28 November 2002 12:31 pm, Ben Reser wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:01:17AM +0100, David BAUDENS wrote: > > For you, maybe. But for Microsoft, it is enough to start an action in > > justice. So, I am sorry but I refuse to see Mandrake close for a such > > stupid thing. > > David, > > I suggest you start packing your things... > > Codeweavers plugin provides the ability to download and install these > fonts too...
There are two key differences: 1. Mandrake does not make Crossover. Codeweavers does. They are taking most of the risk here. It's a much smaller risk for Mandrake than including a script that auto-installs fonts. 2. Crossover does not install these fonts transparently. They still present the click-wrap in its original form, and they could argue that it's the user's responsibility to make sure they have a right to use that piece of software. Technically, using MSIE or Windows Media Player without owning a copy of Windows is illegal. That's why Crossover always shows a warning saying "please read the license carefully". Don't compare apples and oranges. How about fixing the font packages instead? It's not that hard to make a set of decent bitmap fonts from the TTF ones. I am pretty sure that someone could get the FontLab people (www.pyrus.com) to donate a copy or at least sell it at a reduced price. Then you could just fix the broken fonts (very hard) or make bitmaps for them (easy but time-consuming). Or you could try pfaedit, although it's not exactly a mature program. Anyway, I think a constructive approach would be better in the long run than just recycling Microsoft's fonts. -- -- Igor
