-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/2010 06:46 PM, Jeff Prater wrote:
> I don't understand the "permission" aspect of having LibreOffice install > fonts automatically. If a user is voluntarily installing the program, then > they should accept whatever modifications the program performs. a) Does a user expect an office suite to install additional fonts? b) Can their OS survive the addition of fonts? How many fonts can be installed in Win7 before it blows up? I don't remember the number, but it is low enough that people can, and do hit the limit, just by installing additional non-MS software. Windows is not the only OS that can blow up, because too many fonts are installed. Admittedly, users have to work at installing fonts, for Linux to blow up. > one thing if LibreOffice was installing a virus--it's simply installing fonts > which provide for a better user experience. It seems like it would When an OS blows up because of too many fonts, the effect is the same as if the OS had been hit by a virus. jonathon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzUZuYACgkQaC1raifmCuH2lgCbBl6SsGJvqPZs8Kqc0i2j61ZP 4goAn0InyK53uPlfZijTmkUAIxPhX0P3 =HE4T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
