Re: Metrics and map file for Adobe Utopia

> initiated that discussion) posted to tex-live? After the discussion on
> tex-fonts I think it was pretty clear that one is not allowed to
> distribute any fonts derived from Utopia. Otherwise it would be free in
> the FSF sense.

That "Otherwise" does not make any sense. The freedom to distribute
modified versions of "the software" is one of the core items in the FSF
definition of free software. In the FSF sense, the lack of this freedom
makes it non-free.

> I find this difficult to understand, especially as metrics for the
> commercial Lucida and MathTime fonts are included in tetex-texmf.

That's an interesting point. :-)

> The destinction between, say, Charter and Utopia should be clear for most
> people, since the Utopia fonts have to be downloaded separately.

Ok, I'll think about it.

Thomas