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Originally Posted by Skybird
Yes.
And how can something suddenly be claimed as commercial, when it has been come with software from Microsoft since many years?
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While it might come as a bit of a surprise to those who have only seen CD-R versions of Microsoft software, they are, in fact, available as commercial products.
More specifically, a lot of the fonts in offices are licensed from commercial font designers. Also, old fonts are not always available for immediate use in computer programs, so some companies make digital versions based on the old designs (which can be complicated and time-consuming if it also has to be readable at low resolutions), and then sell them.
Legal protection is a different matter. The exact nature of the laws applying to typefaces, and what exactly is covered, varies. Searching for them and downloading without paying may or may not be legal, and you might need a specialist to determine this. Doesn't matter, as you already have them, just need some way to get them from the CD, right? If that installer stores its stuff in CAB files, this might help:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-010