[tex-live] re: Computer Modern

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

To follow up on Barbara Beeton's response, here is the paragraph
from the reverse of the cover page of Computer Modern Typefaces,
Vol. E of Computers & Typesetting:

>> ...
>> The programs for Computer Modern are in the public domain, and readers
>> may freely generate and hand-tune their own fonts using the algorithms
>> in this book.  However, use of the names is restricted: Any fonts
>> whose names cmr10 or cmbx12 or ... are identical to the standard font
>> names of this book should be fully compatible with the fonts defined
>> here; i.e., fonts with the same name are supposed to have precisely the
>> same character coding schemes and precisely the same font metrics.
>> ...

Thus, you can use the Computer Modern fonts unchanged for any purpose;
you can change them any way you like, but then you must give them new
names.

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