On 04/11/2010 Carlos Jenkins wrote: > 2010/11/4 Jeff Prater <[email protected]> > > I'm sure Microsoft's Cambria font wouldn't be installed on a > > Linux system, but what about Arial, Times New Roman, or even Georgia? > > > Be default no... and legally installed I think no. Those are propietary > fonts :(
It's not illegal (albeit discouraged, see below) to install proprietary components on a free system. If I recall correctly, Microsoft fonts packages for Linux-based systems are based on an old font package that Microsoft distributed with liberal (not free as in freedom, but liberal enough to allow legal installation on a Linux-based system) terms of use. Microsoft then restricted the license of their freely available font packages and made this "port" impossible, but the old liberal package can still be used. Then, as Graham noticed, there would be philosophical problems too of course, so the mere fact that it's not illegal to use Microsoft fonts is not enough to settle on them. Regards, Andrea. -- 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
