Re: [XBoard-devel] Copyright matter

[folkert]

> I have a question for the GNU legal department:
> 
> If we would let XBoard display a logo bitmap that contains text in a font
> that we do not own, but are licensed to use... Would that be allowed:
> 
> What if it was not a logo, but the piece images? Shogi and Xiangqi pieces
> have text inscribed on them as kanji. The kanji originally came from a font,
> which might not be public domain.
> 
> The practical problem is this: Joshua has made SVG Shogi pieces that look
> better than those we distribute now, and is willing to let us distribute
> them with XBoard. The pieces were made by tracing raster images of a font
> that was posted somewhere for free use.
> 
> Can we do that?

You can also ask Arnoud Engelfriet at http://blog.iusmentis.com/
He's very much willing to elaborate on these kind of gpl etc matters.


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