[Wolves] Legality of Windows/Mac fonts in Linux?

[David Goodwin]

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know what the legal position is in taking
> fonts from a Windows/Mac distribution and using them
> on your Linux machine? I assume you can do it under
> the condition that you only use one set of fonts at a
> time, otherwise you would need another license.
>
> I know that some MS fonts are/were available for free.
>
> Anyone shed any light on this?
>

Seeing that MS are involved, i'd have thought that it was a requirement
for users to have an MS license (OS etc). Perhaps MS made the fonts
available for older versions of windows (E.g. 3.1)?

david

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