1 This package was created by Laurence J. Lane <ljlane<at>debian.org>
5 e16 source was downloaded from
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10 epp copyright and distribution license:
12 Copyright (C) 1986, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
14 epp is licened under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL),
15 version 2.0 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation. See
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17 <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt> for the terms of the latest version
18 of the GNU General Public License.
21 e16 copyright and distribution license:
23 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various
25 Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Kim Woelders
27 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
28 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
29 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
30 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
31 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
32 persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
35 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
36 in all copies of the Software, its documentation and marketing
37 & publicity materials, and acknowledgment shall be given in the
38 documentation, materials and software packages that this Software was
41 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
42 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
43 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
44 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
45 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
46 FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
47 DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
49 Bitstream Vera Fonts copyright and distribution license:
51 Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright
53 The fonts have a generous copyright, allowing derivative works (as
54 long as "Bitstream" or "Vera" are not in the names), and full
55 redistribution (so long as they are not *sold* by themselves). They
56 can be be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software.
58 The fonts are distributed under the following copyright:
63 Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream
64 Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc.
66 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
67 a copy of the fonts accompanying this license ("Fonts") and associated
68 documentation files (the "Font Software"), to reproduce and distribute
69 the Font Software, including without limitation the rights to use,
70 copy, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Font
71 Software, and to permit persons to whom the Font Software is furnished
72 to do so, subject to the following conditions:
74 The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice
75 shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software
78 The Font Software may be modified, altered, or added to, and in
79 particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may be
80 modified and additional glyphs or characters may be added to the
81 Fonts, only if the fonts are renamed to names not containing either
82 the words "Bitstream" or the word "Vera".
84 This License becomes null and void to the extent applicable to Fonts
85 or Font Software that has been modified and is distributed under the
86 "Bitstream Vera" names.
88 The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but
89 no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by
92 THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
93 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
94 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
95 OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
96 BITSTREAM OR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
97 OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
98 OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
99 OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT
100 SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
102 Except as contained in this notice, the names of Gnome, the Gnome
103 Foundation, and Bitstream Inc., shall not be used in advertising or
104 otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font
105 Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation
106 or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact:
107 fonts at gnome dot org.
112 1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What gives?
114 Bitstream is giving away these fonts, but wishes to ensure its
115 competitors can't just drop the fonts as is into a font sale system
116 and sell them as is. It seems fair that if Bitstream can't make money
117 from the Bitstream Vera fonts, their competitors should not be able to
118 do so either. You can sell the fonts as part of any software package,
121 2. I want to package these fonts separately for distribution and
122 sale as part of a larger software package or system. Can I do so?
124 Yes. A RPM or Debian package is a "larger software package" to begin
125 with, and you aren't selling them independently by themselves.
128 3. Are derivative works allowed?
131 4. Can I change or add to the font(s)?
132 Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the font(s).
134 5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed?
136 You must change the name(s) of the fonts. This is to ensure the
137 quality of the fonts, both to protect Bitstream and Gnome. We want to
138 ensure that if an application has opened a font specifically of these
139 names, it gets what it expects (though of course, using fontconfig,
140 substitutions could still could have occurred during font
141 opening). You must include the Bitstream copyright. Additional
142 copyrights can be added, as per copyright law. Happy Font Hacking!
144 6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it possible they might get
145 adopted in future versions?
147 Yes. The contract between the Gnome Foundation and Bitstream has
148 provisions for working with Bitstream to ensure quality additions to
149 the Bitstream Vera font family. Please contact us if you have such
150 additions. Note, that in general, we will want such additions for the
151 entire family, not just a single font, and that you'll have to keep
152 both Gnome and Jim Lyles, Vera's designer, happy! To make sense to add
153 glyphs to the font, they must be stylistically in keeping with Vera's
154 design. Vera cannot become a "ransom note" font. Jim Lyles will be
155 providing a document describing the design elements used in Vera, as a
156 guide and aid for people interested in contributing to Vera.
158 7. I want to sell a software package that uses these fonts: Can I do so?
160 Sure. Bundle the fonts with your software and sell your software
161 with the fonts. That is the intent of the copyright.
163 8. If applications have built the names "Bitstream Vera" into them,
164 can I override this somehow to use fonts of my choosing?
166 This depends on exact details of the software. Most open source
167 systems and software (e.g., Gnome, KDE, etc.) are now converting to
168 use fontconfig (see www.fontconfig.org) to handle font configuration,
169 selection and substitution; it has provisions for overriding font
170 names and subsituting alternatives. An example is provided by the
171 supplied local.conf file, which chooses the family Bitstream Vera for
172 "sans", "serif" and "monospace". Other software (e.g., the XFree86
173 core server) has other mechanisms for font substitution.