[Slackbuilds-users] fonts from the Adobe Reader package

[Doogster]

Sorry for the late reply, but I actually did manage to find Adobe's
official word on this:

"The Adobe Reader license seems to not allow using the fonts for other
purposes such as creating documents (unlike other Adobe licenses)."

http://typophile.com/node/27455#comment-152039

The author of that forum post is also the author of this blog entry:

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2005/12/quality_in_type.html

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:31 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Greg' Ar Tourter <artourter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am thinking of modifying the slackbuild script for Adobe Reader to
>> add the fonts provided with it to the system's path, more specifically
>> the otf fonts.
>>
>> The reason I wish to do this is that the Minion and myriad font are
>> rather nice and used quite often by people in documents. The fonts
>> have the same licence as the rest of the application and allows the
>> user to use them and embed them in documents as they please.
>>
>> So my first question is: is it acceptable to do so? and the subsequent
>> one being, if it is, should I just copy the fonts to
>> /use/share/fonts/OTF or link them there?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the feedback.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Greg
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>
> I would say no.  The Adobe Acrobat Reader fonts are subject to the Adobe
> Acrobat Reader software EULA and I don't see a "do what you want clause."
> There are some redistribution and usage issues and the EULA does not allow
> you to do "as you please."
>
> http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/reader/x/eula_en_gb.html
> http://store1.adobe.com/type/browser/info/embedding.html
>
> There are plenty of decent public domain, open source and creative commons
> fonts if you are looking for document  creation.
>
> That said, as I am definitely not a lawyer (and I really do detest EULAs in
> general), perhaps leave it to the user: include a switch with default of
> "no" and link them for system wide installation.
>
> -Ed
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