Re: [Devel] Re: [Fonts]Another approach to text in X

[Alexander Gelfenbain]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:46:23AM +0100, David Turner wrote:

 ...

> 
> Regarding ST, I have been rather pleased by Sun's announcement, even if I'll 
> keep
> being skeptical until we see the source code and more importantly the _real_ 
> license.
> The description doesn't give a lot of details regarding the API or internals, 
> but
> I'm rather pleased to see it because I think that the association of ATSUI 
> and Java2D
> is probably going to be a _very_ good thing to use..
> 
> (this would also mean that we wouldn't need to write the code to implement 
> everything
>  described above..)
> 
> 
> I didn't find that Brian Stell was harsh in any way.. Announcements are great
> things, but Sun has a history of disappointing the Open Source community. I'm
> pretty certain that the ST team is good-hearted and talented, I simply fear
> Sun's management and the SCSL :o)
> 
> But if it really comes with a BSD/X-styled license and has all the features I
> envision, this is going to be a _giant_ leap for Open Source and X in general,
> and I don't think there should be any good reason to avoid it.. !!
> 
> I'm now waiting to see more before making a decision on ST, as anyone else..
> In the meantime, I'll continue slowly what I've planned..

I can confirm that the license ST will be released with is "BSD+" which is 
standard
BSD with the following clause:

  * You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or indended
  * for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any
  * nuclear facility.


We are working on publicly releasing the docs and placing the source code on 
sourceforge or some other public CVS server. Please stay tuned.

AG

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