| Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright |
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| The fonts have a generous copyright, allowing derivative works (as |
| long as "Bitstream" or "Vera" are not in the names), and full |
| redistribution (so long as they are not *sold* by themselves). They |
| can be be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software. |
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| The fonts are distributed under the following copyright: |
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| Copyright |
| ========= |
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| Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream |
| Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc. |
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| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining |
| a copy of the fonts accompanying this license ("Fonts") and associated |
| documentation files (the "Font Software"), to reproduce and distribute |
| the Font Software, including without limitation the rights to use, |
| copy, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Font |
| Software, and to permit persons to whom the Font Software is furnished |
| to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
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| The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice |
| shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software |
| typefaces. |
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| The Font Software may be modified, altered, or added to, and in |
| particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may be |
| modified and additional glyphs or characters may be added to the |
| Fonts, only if the fonts are renamed to names not containing either |
| the words "Bitstream" or the word "Vera". |
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| This License becomes null and void to the extent applicable to Fonts |
| or Font Software that has been modified and is distributed under the |
| "Bitstream Vera" names. |
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| The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but |
| no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by |
| itself. |
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| THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, |
| EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF |
| MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT |
| OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL |
| BITSTREAM OR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR |
| OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, |
| OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR |
| OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT |
| SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE. |
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| Except as contained in this notice, the names of Gnome, the Gnome |
| Foundation, and Bitstream Inc., shall not be used in advertising or |
| otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font |
| Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation |
| or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact: |
| fonts at gnome dot org. |
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| Copyright FAQ |
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| 1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What gives? |
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| Bitstream is giving away these fonts, but wishes to ensure its |
| competitors can't just drop the fonts as is into a font sale system |
| and sell them as is. It seems fair that if Bitstream can't make money |
| from the Bitstream Vera fonts, their competitors should not be able to |
| do so either. You can sell the fonts as part of any software package, |
| however. |
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| 2. I want to package these fonts separately for distribution and |
| sale as part of a larger software package or system. Can I do so? |
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| Yes. A RPM or Debian package is a "larger software package" to begin |
| with, and you aren't selling them independently by themselves. |
| See 1. above. |
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| 3. Are derivative works allowed? |
| Yes! |
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| 4. Can I change or add to the font(s)? |
| Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the font(s). |
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| 5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed? |
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| You must change the name(s) of the fonts. This is to ensure the |
| quality of the fonts, both to protect Bitstream and Gnome. We want to |
| ensure that if an application has opened a font specifically of these |
| names, it gets what it expects (though of course, using fontconfig, |
| substitutions could still could have occurred during font |
| opening). You must include the Bitstream copyright. Additional |
| copyrights can be added, as per copyright law. Happy Font Hacking! |
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| 6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it possible they might get |
| adopted in future versions? |
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| Yes. The contract between the Gnome Foundation and Bitstream has |
| provisions for working with Bitstream to ensure quality additions to |
| the Bitstream Vera font family. Please contact us if you have such |
| additions. Note, that in general, we will want such additions for the |
| entire family, not just a single font, and that you'll have to keep |
| both Gnome and Jim Lyles, Vera's designer, happy! To make sense to add |
| glyphs to the font, they must be stylistically in keeping with Vera's |
| design. Vera cannot become a "ransom note" font. Jim Lyles will be |
| providing a document describing the design elements used in Vera, as a |
| guide and aid for people interested in contributing to Vera. |
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| 7. I want to sell a software package that uses these fonts: Can I do so? |
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| Sure. Bundle the fonts with your software and sell your software |
| with the fonts. That is the intent of the copyright. |
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| 8. If applications have built the names "Bitstream Vera" into them, |
| can I override this somehow to use fonts of my choosing? |
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| This depends on exact details of the software. Most open source |
| systems and software (e.g., Gnome, KDE, etc.) are now converting to |
| use fontconfig (see www.fontconfig.org) to handle font configuration, |
| selection and substitution; it has provisions for overriding font |
| names and subsituting alternatives. An example is provided by the |
| supplied local.conf file, which chooses the family Bitstream Vera for |
| "sans", "serif" and "monospace". Other software (e.g., the XFree86 |
| core server) has other mechanisms for font substitution. |
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