[scribus-dev] Fwd: [CREATE] [Fwd: Re: FW: Licensee Application]

[Gregory Pittman]

Louis Desjardins wrote:
> Hi Scribussors!
>
> I take the liberty of sending this email to the scribus-devs list as I 
> think the whole discussion here is of interest.
>
> Louis
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Dave Neary* <dneary at free.fr <mailto:dneary at free.fr>>
> Date: 2009/1/26
> Subject: [CREATE] [Fwd: Re: FW: Licensee Application]
> To: Create ML <create at lists.freedesktop.org 
> <mailto:create at lists.freedesktop.org>>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's the exchange I had with Pantone back in the day. It's pretty
> clear what Ms. Theuerkauf's position on it is.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
This is very much the same exchange I had with them more recently.

HOWEVER, let me point out that IF someone has a valid license for 
Pantone colors, you may use them freely as an individual. This is the 
basis of Christoph's suggestion about how to use Pantone colors legally:

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_legally_obtain_spot_colour_palettes_for_use_in_Scribus

so there is this "loophole" of sorts (since this is a method to obtain a 
license for free). I specifically asked Pantone about this and they had 
no objection.

Greg