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