使用字体的合法性 [英] Legality of using Fonts
问题描述
我对你们所有的Pythoneers都有一个问题。我正在用Python制作一款游戏
，并且需要字体。我目前正在使用免费的
TrueType字体，但我正在考虑改用位图字体。
假设我拥有一个字体，在一个绘画程序中使用它来在我在互联网上拍摄的照片上画出一些
文字。一切都很好
可能没事，对吧？但是如果我在
硬盘上的位图上绘制一些文字，添加阴影和装饰，并在游戏中使用它来''blit''文件
怎么办？ ？答案对我来说不太明显。
您可以提供的任何建议都将不胜感激！
--Kamilche
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I''m making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let''s say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to ''draw some
text'' on a picture that I slap up on the Internet. Everything''s
probably fine, right? But what if I draw some text on a bitmap on the
hard drive, add drop shadows and decorations, and use it to ''blit'' text
in a game? The answer is less obvious to me then.
Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated!
--Kamilche
推荐答案
Kamilche写道：
Kamilche wrote:
我对你们所有的Pythoneers都有一个问题。我正在用Python制作游戏，并且需要字体。我目前正在使用免费的
TrueType字体，但我正在考虑改用位图字体。
让我们说我拥有一个字体，并在绘图程序中使用它。 ...
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I''m making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let''s say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to ....
通常你不会拥有一个字体，但你有许可证可以使用它。
你需要阅读许可证以确定你可以做什么
用它。
--Scott David Daniels
sc ******* ****@acm.org
On Fri，2006年2月10日09:08:28 -0800，Kamilche写道：
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:08:28 -0800, Kamilche wrote:
我对你们所有的Pythoneers都有一个问题。我正在用Python制作游戏，并且需要字体。我目前正在使用免费的
TrueType字体，但我正在考虑改用位图字体。
让我们说我拥有一个字体，并在绘图程序中使用它'在我在互联网上拍的照片上画一些
文字。一切都很好，对吧？但是，如果我在
硬盘上的位图上绘制一些文字，添加阴影和装饰，并在游戏中使用它来''blit''文字怎么办？答案对我来说不太明显。
您可以提供的任何建议都将非常感谢！
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I''m making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let''s say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to ''draw some
text'' on a picture that I slap up on the Internet. Everything''s
probably fine, right? But what if I draw some text on a bitmap on the
hard drive, add drop shadows and decorations, and use it to ''blit'' text
in a game? The answer is less obvious to me then.
Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated!
您从非中获得的免费法律建议Usenet上的律师价值是你为它支付的
的10％。
但总的来说，它的价值是什么（10％没什么） ，你可以
分发*图像*你设计的恰好包含了
字体的文字，但你不能分发字体本身除了字体是
根据明确允许您重新分发的许可证提供。
任何法官都不太可能被仅仅因为改变而被愚弄$ b格式（但是您的荣誉，我将TTF文件转换为位图）。添加
装饰品等仅仅意味着您创建了一个衍生作品
字体，许可证可能不允许。
我建议你使用一个明显免费的字体，或者你自己设计一个。
-
史蒂文。
Free legal advice you get from non-lawyers on Usenet is worth 10% of what
you paid for it.
But generally speaking, for what it is worth (10% of nothing), you can
distribute *images* you design which happen to incorporate text from a
font, but you cannot distribute the font itself UNLESS the font is
provided under a licence which explicitly permits you to re-distribute it.
It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
format ("but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap"). Adding
decorations and such merely means you have created a derivative work of
the font, which the licence may not permit.
I suggest that you use a font which comes under a clearly free to
distribute licence, or you design your own.
--
Steven.
是的，这也是我在想的。显示
图像上的所有文本是一回事......使用该图像作为字体引擎的基础是
不同的东西。
幸运的是，有人给我发了一套免费的TrueType字体链接 -
http://www.gnome.org/fonts ，维拉家族。我想我会将那些
变成位图以避开灰色区域。
我有其他原因我想使用位图字体，除了许可
问题。
Yeah, that''s what I''m thinking, as well. Showing all the text on an
image is one thing... using that image as the basis of a font engine is
something different.
Luckily, someone has sent me a link to a set of free TrueType fonts -
http://www.gnome.org/fonts , the ''Vera'' family. I guess I''ll turn those
into bitmaps to stay out of the gray area.
I have other reasons I want to use a bitmap font, other than licensing
issues.
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