Re: Forward: Re: On the possibility of changing the license of Adobe CMap files

2004-02-03 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 29, 2004, at 21:31, Branden Robinson wrote: Adobe is probably busy lobbying to get a certain bill passed which will rectify that little defect in U.S. copyright law. If the Court has any shred of basic literacy left in reading the Constitution, that should go nowhere. Not sure at the

Re: Forward: Re: On the possibility of changing the license of Adobe CMap files

2004-01-29 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
O Xoves, 29 de Xaneiro de 2004 ás 17:06:06 +0900, Kenshi Muto escribía: Do you have any idea to cope with this situation? Or does anyone come up with possible proposal so that Adobe can be persuaded? I appreciate your help. They claim that integrity of the CMap files is the main issue.

Re: Forward: Re: On the possibility of changing the license of Adobe CMap files

2004-01-29 Thread Brian Thomas Sniffen
The comparison is made to altering the ascii mapping -- but the ascii mapping is not copyrightable. It's just a sequence of characters, as valid as any other and preferred only because of broad adoption. Are these CMap files actually copyrightable as creative works? -Brian -- Brian Sniffen

Re: Forward: Re: On the possibility of changing the license of Adobe CMap files

2004-01-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:19:56AM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: The comparison is made to altering the ascii mapping -- but the ascii mapping is not copyrightable. It's just a sequence of characters, as valid as any other and preferred only because of broad adoption. Are these CMap

Re: Forward: Re: On the possibility of changing the license of Adobe CMap files

2004-01-29 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 07:10:52PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:19:56AM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: The comparison is made to altering the ascii mapping -- but the ascii mapping is not copyrightable. It's just a sequence of characters, as valid as any