[Biblical-languages] Microsoft Fonts
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Wed Jul 2 13:45:55 EDT 2003
Peter Kirk wrote on 07/02/2003 11:38:23 AM:
> > My understanding was that the reason Microsoft stopped providing their
> > fonts as downloads on their site was precisely because people were
> > abusing the privilege by redistributing them against license terms...
>
> I see the point, but of course it didn't work, because the fonts are
> already out there, legally and illegally, on millions of users'
> systems. The only effect has been the proliferation of versions, which
> just causes confusion and a lack of trust in Microsoft products, when a
> document that is OK on one system is unreadable on an apparently
> identical one.
That may be the case, but that's MS's user-support problem. I don't think
it would be appropriate for those of us on this list to be recommending
illegal software-redistribution.
> One very sensible way to reduce that would be if
> Microsoft included updating its fonts in its Windows Update procedure,
> which can of course be limited to those who have installed software
> which gives them the right to the fonts in question.
I believe they might do that with Windows updates in the future.
- Peter
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