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| 1 | +Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +The fonts have a generous copyright, allowing derivative works (as |
| 4 | +long as "Bitstream" or "Vera" are not in the names), and full |
| 5 | +redistribution (so long as they are not *sold* by themselves). They |
| 6 | +can be be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +The fonts are distributed under the following copyright: |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Copyright |
| 11 | +========= |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream |
| 14 | +Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining |
| 17 | +a copy of the fonts accompanying this license ("Fonts") and associated |
| 18 | +documentation files (the "Font Software"), to reproduce and distribute |
| 19 | +the Font Software, including without limitation the rights to use, |
| 20 | +copy, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Font |
| 21 | +Software, and to permit persons to whom the Font Software is furnished |
| 22 | +to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice |
| 25 | +shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software |
| 26 | +typefaces. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +The Font Software may be modified, altered, or added to, and in |
| 29 | +particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may be |
| 30 | +modified and additional glyphs or characters may be added to the |
| 31 | +Fonts, only if the fonts are renamed to names not containing either |
| 32 | +the words "Bitstream" or the word "Vera". |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +This License becomes null and void to the extent applicable to Fonts |
| 35 | +or Font Software that has been modified and is distributed under the |
| 36 | +"Bitstream Vera" names. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but |
| 39 | +no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by |
| 40 | +itself. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
| 43 | +EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF |
| 44 | +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT |
| 45 | +OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL |
| 46 | +BITSTREAM OR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR |
| 47 | +OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, |
| 48 | +OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR |
| 49 | +OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT |
| 50 | +SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Except as contained in this notice, the names of Gnome, the Gnome |
| 53 | +Foundation, and Bitstream Inc., shall not be used in advertising or |
| 54 | +otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font |
| 55 | +Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation |
| 56 | +or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact: |
| 57 | +fonts at gnome dot org. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +Copyright FAQ |
| 60 | +============= |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + 1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What gives? |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + Bitstream is giving away these fonts, but wishes to ensure its |
| 65 | + competitors can't just drop the fonts as is into a font sale system |
| 66 | + and sell them as is. It seems fair that if Bitstream can't make money |
| 67 | + from the Bitstream Vera fonts, their competitors should not be able to |
| 68 | + do so either. You can sell the fonts as part of any software package, |
| 69 | + however. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + 2. I want to package these fonts separately for distribution and |
| 72 | + sale as part of a larger software package or system. Can I do so? |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + Yes. A RPM or Debian package is a "larger software package" to begin |
| 75 | + with, and you aren't selling them independently by themselves. |
| 76 | + See 1. above. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + 3. Are derivative works allowed? |
| 79 | + Yes! |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | + 4. Can I change or add to the font(s)? |
| 82 | + Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the font(s). |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | + 5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed? |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + You must change the name(s) of the fonts. This is to ensure the |
| 87 | + quality of the fonts, both to protect Bitstream and Gnome. We want to |
| 88 | + ensure that if an application has opened a font specifically of these |
| 89 | + names, it gets what it expects (though of course, using fontconfig, |
| 90 | + substitutions could still could have occurred during font |
| 91 | + opening). You must include the Bitstream copyright. Additional |
| 92 | + copyrights can be added, as per copyright law. Happy Font Hacking! |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + 6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it possible they might get |
| 95 | + adopted in future versions? |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | + Yes. The contract between the Gnome Foundation and Bitstream has |
| 98 | + provisions for working with Bitstream to ensure quality additions to |
| 99 | + the Bitstream Vera font family. Please contact us if you have such |
| 100 | + additions. Note, that in general, we will want such additions for the |
| 101 | + entire family, not just a single font, and that you'll have to keep |
| 102 | + both Gnome and Jim Lyles, Vera's designer, happy! To make sense to add |
| 103 | + glyphs to the font, they must be stylistically in keeping with Vera's |
| 104 | + design. Vera cannot become a "ransom note" font. Jim Lyles will be |
| 105 | + providing a document describing the design elements used in Vera, as a |
| 106 | + guide and aid for people interested in contributing to Vera. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + 7. I want to sell a software package that uses these fonts: Can I do so? |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | + Sure. Bundle the fonts with your software and sell your software |
| 111 | + with the fonts. That is the intent of the copyright. |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | + 8. If applications have built the names "Bitstream Vera" into them, |
| 114 | + can I override this somehow to use fonts of my choosing? |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + This depends on exact details of the software. Most open source |
| 117 | + systems and software (e.g., Gnome, KDE, etc.) are now converting to |
| 118 | + use fontconfig (see www.fontconfig.org) to handle font configuration, |
| 119 | + selection and substitution; it has provisions for overriding font |
| 120 | + names and subsituting alternatives. An example is provided by the |
| 121 | + supplied local.conf file, which chooses the family Bitstream Vera for |
| 122 | + "sans", "serif" and "monospace". Other software (e.g., the XFree86 |
| 123 | + core server) has other mechanisms for font substitution. |
| 124 | + |
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