Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Branding and Documentation

[Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@openoffice.org>]

On 04/11/2010 Carlos Jenkins wrote:
> 2010/11/4 Jeff Prater <jprater@houstonda.org>
> > 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.


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