Windows 附带的字体许可证？
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License of fonts included with Windows?
提问by laurent
I'm wondering what is the license of the fonts included with Windows. Does anybody know where I could find the EULA for them? In general, can I freely use these fonts in my open source software?
我想知道 Windows 附带的字体的许可证是什么。有人知道我在哪里可以找到他们的 EULA 吗？一般来说，我可以在我的开源软件中自由使用这些字体吗？
In general, I know I cannot distribute the font file itself, but how about simply displaying some text with this font? For example, Arial is used in many websites, I guess these websites don't pay some extra license fee to Microsoft?
一般来说，我知道我不能分发字体文件本身，但是简单地用这种字体显示一些文本怎么样？比如很多网站都使用Arial，我猜这些网站不会向微软支付一些额外的许可费吧？
回答by Kasun Gajasinghe
The Arial wikipedia articledescribes the licensing terms of Microsoft fonts. And, it also specifies free alternatives available that are metrically equivalent to Arial. Liberation Sans is a good choice IMO. Look at relevant wiki articles to know all the free alternatives available.
该宋体维基百科的文章介绍了微软字体的许可条款。并且，它还指定了在度量上等同于 Arial 的免费替代品。Liberation Sans 是 IMO 的不错选择。查看相关 wiki 文章以了解所有可用的免费替代方案。
Most of the Windows fonts are licensed to Ascender corporation. They now provide license for software and hardware developers to use them. See Type Foundry: Microsoftfor more information, and the fonts available.
大多数 Windows 字体已授权给 Ascender 公司。他们现在为软件和硬件开发人员提供使用它们的许可。有关更多信息和可用字体，请参阅Type Foundry：Microsoft。
In addition to that, if you go to right-click -> properties, there's a tab called license. It provides the information about licensing terms as well.
除此之外，如果您转到右键单击 -> 属性，则会有一个名为license. 它还提供有关许可条款的信息。
When it comes to use of fonts like Arial in websites, I think it's allowed because the website itself doesn't embed the font, but merely specifies the font name. It's the browser that does the mapping. If you are talking about a stand-alone software, you need to have a closer look.
当谈到在网站中使用像 Arial 这样的字体时，我认为这是允许的，因为网站本身不嵌入字体，而只是指定了字体名称。是浏览器进行映射。如果你在谈论一个独立的软件，你需要仔细看看。
回答by David Heffernan
You are free to use the fonts supplied with Windows, free to write software that uses them, but you cannot distribute them.
您可以自由使用 Windows 提供的字体，可以自由地编写使用它们的软件，但不能分发它们。
