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Appendix G – Freetype License
The FreeType Project LICENSE
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2006-Jan-27
Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 by
David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg
Introduction
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The FreeType Project is distributed in several archive
packages; some of them may contain, in addition to the
FreeType font engine, various tools and contributions
which rely on, or relate to, the FreeType Project.
This license applies to all fi les found in such packages,
and which do not fall under their own explicit license.
The license affects thus the FreeType font engine, the
test programs, documentation and makefi les, at the very
least.
This license was inspired by the BSD, Artistic, and IJG
(Independent JPEG Group) licenses, which all encourage
inclusion and use of free software in commercial and
freeware products alike. As a consequence, its main
points are that:
o We don’t promise that this software works. However,
we will be interested in any kind of bug reports. (`as is’
distribution)
o You can use this software for whatever you want, in
parts or full form, without having to pay us. (`royalty-
free’ usage)
o You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If
you use it, or only parts of it, in a program, you must
acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that
you have used the FreeType code. (`credits’)
We specifi cally permit and encourage the inclusion of
this software, with or without modifi cations, in commercial
products. We disclaim all warranties covering The
FreeType Project and assume no liability related to The
FreeType Project.
Finally, many people asked us for a preferred form for a
credit/disclaimer to use in compliance with this license.
We thus encourage you to use the following text:
“””
Portions of this software are copyright © <year> The
FreeType Project (www.freetype.org). All rights reserved.
“””
Please replace <year> with the value from the FreeType
version you actually use.
Legal Terms
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0. Defi nitions
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Throughout this license, the terms `package’, `FreeType
Project’, and `FreeType archive’ refer to the set of fi les
originally distributed by the authors (David Turner, Robert
Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg) as the `FreeType Project’,
be they named as alpha, beta or fi nal release.
`You’ refers to the licensee, or person using the project,
where `using’ is a generic term including compiling
the project’s source code as well as linking it to form a
`program’ or `executable’. This program is referred to as
`a program using the FreeType engine’.
This license applies to all fi les distributed in the original
FreeType Project, including all source code, binaries and
documentation, unless otherwise stated in the fi le in its
original, unmodifi ed form as distributed in the original
archive. If you are unsure whether or not a particular fi le
is covered by this license, you must contact us to verify
this.
The FreeType Project is copyright (C) 1996-2000 by
David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. All
rights reserved except as specifi ed below.
1. No Warranty
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THE FREETYPE PROJECT IS PROVIDED `AS IS’
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO
EVENT WILL ANY OF THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED
BY THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OF THE
FREETYPE PROJECT.
2. Redistribution
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This license grants a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual
and irrevocable right and license to use, execute,
perform, compile, display, copy, create derivative works
of, distribute and sublicense the FreeType Project (in
both source and object code forms) and derivative
works thereof for any purpose; and to authorize others to
exercise some or all of the rights granted herein, subject
to the following conditions:
o Redistribution of source code must retain this license
fi le (`FTL.TXT’) unaltered; any additions, deletions or
changes to the original fi les must be clearly indicated in
accompanying documentation. The copyright notices
of the unaltered, original fi les must be preserved in all
copies of source fi les.
o Redistribution in binary form must provide a disclaimer
that states that the software is based in part of
the work of the FreeType Team, in the distribution
documentation. We also encourage you to put an URL
to the FreeType web page in your documentation,
though this isn’t mandatory.
These conditions apply to any software derived from or
based on the FreeType Project, not just the unmodifi ed
fi les. If you use our work, you must acknowledge us.
However, no fee need be paid to us.
3. Advertising
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Neither the FreeType authors and contributors nor
you shall use the name of the other for commercial,
advertising, or promotional purposes without specifi c
prior written permission.
We suggest, but do not require, that you use one or
more of the following phrases to refer to this software in
your documentation or advertising materials: `FreeType
Project’, `FreeType Engine’, `FreeType library’, or
`FreeType Distribution’.
As you have not signed this license, you are not
required to accept it. However, as the FreeType Project
is copyrighted material, only this license, or another one
contracted with the authors, grants you the right to use,
distribute, and modify it. Therefore, by using, distributing,