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diff --git a/licenses/BitstreamVera b/licenses/BitstreamVera deleted file mode 100644 index e651be1c4..000000000 --- a/licenses/BitstreamVera +++ /dev/null @@ -1,124 +0,0 @@ -Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright - -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. - -The fonts are distributed under the following copyright: - -Copyright -========= - -Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream -Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc. - -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: - -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. - -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". - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -Copyright FAQ -============= - - 1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What gives? - - 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. - - 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? - - 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. - - 3. Are derivative works allowed? - Yes! - - 4. Can I change or add to the font(s)? - Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the font(s). - - 5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed? - - 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! - - 6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it possible they might get - adopted in future versions? - - 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. - - 7. I want to sell a software package that uses these fonts: Can I do so? - - Sure. Bundle the fonts with your software and sell your software - with the fonts. That is the intent of the copyright. - - 8. If applications have built the names "Bitstream Vera" into them, - can I override this somehow to use fonts of my choosing? - - 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. - |