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Originally Posted by HarryT
The fact that there's nothing technically stopping you doesn't mean that it's legal to do so. If a font is licensed for use on your computer, you can't automatically assume that you have the legal right to install on any other device that you own.
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Tricky one that though, even I have no idea which fonts on my computer are open source and which need a license.
Come to think of it I'm not even sure which law protects a font.
Been googling.
Looks like US has no protection for fonts so you would need to have a design patent.
The UK only covers it under copyright, but with a 25 year term from first use and doesn't cover usage by typographers.
Switzerland & Japan is a free for all where fonts are concerned.
So, looks like you are mainly down to contract law, which means the really small insignificant bits of the contract for most products, which means it may or may not be enforceable depending on where you are (Just read the Font bit of the Win 8 EULA and it only covers fonts in general without mentioning any by name).