Re: TrueType/OpenType and anti-circumvention laws
Paul Wise <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal |
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| Organization | Debian |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 06:05 -0500, P. J. McDermott wrote:
> Paul Wise mentioned[8] on the fonts team list in 2021 a couple programs
> ("embed"[9], a derivative "ttembed"[10], and "ttfpatch"[11]) that unset
> the DRM/TPM bits, enabling full use of the fonts. "embed" was written
> by a font designer who noticed that his fonts had restrictive embedding
> permissions and that a tool he used (which was intended for font users,
> not designers) didn't allow lowering the restrictions.
PS: for thread completeness, I note the embed author recieved DMCA
legal threats, but did not remove the tool from their website:
http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/dmca.html
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bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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