Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:1412 comp.sys.mac:9976 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!nosc!humu!uhccux!cm450s02 From: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (Jeff T. Segawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Macintosh Fonts Message-ID: <1308@uhccux.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 05:42:34 GMT References: <546@oscvax.UUCP> Reply-To: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (Jeff T. Segawa) Distribution: na Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) Lines: 17 In article <546@oscvax.UUCP> rico@oscvax.UUCP (Rico Mariani) writes: >I've recently converted a whole bunch of Macintosh fonts to the Amiga >format and I'd like to put them on a public domain font disk. However, >I can see where there might be a few legal problems with doing this... >So my question is this, which Mac fonts (if any) could I release without >being sued to bits? > I think most of the fonts released by Apple are either copyrighted by Apple itself, or licensed to them by ITC, Adobe or others. This is especially true of some laser fonts, like ITC Garamond and Zapf. I'm no attorney, but I suspect that releasing those into the public domain could get you into trouble. There are also some really nice Shareware fonts, like Beverly Hills and Palencia (my favorite) out there. Perhaps the authors would be willing to strike some sort of deal with you. If, on the other hand, the fonts were originally released as true public domain stuff (no copyrights, etc) I don't see any problem. Good luck.