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. |
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