[tex-live] Supportfiles for affordable Fontsite fonts - why not on CTAN?

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu Mar 18 13:25:12 CET 2010


Werner LEMBERG <wl at gnu.org> wrote:

> Regarding German law, it looks very convincing.  The author goes into
> great depth why fonts are not computer programs in the sense of the
> copyright law – even the hints of (most) TrueType fonts – and can thus
> be protected in Germany for at most 25 years as a `Geschmacksmuster'
> only.

what on earth is a `Geschmacksmuster'?  being at work, away from my
german dictionary, i find myself thinking of convocations of s&m
enthusiasts...

robin



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