Cliff's answer: > Yes -- as you suspect, this license fits the definition of Category A, > since it doesn't place restrictions on independent works that use it > or the licensing of larger works, nor does it have any reciprocity > provisions. It looks like X.Net with some Artistic tendencies.
So we're free to use the DejaVu fonts. Good news! On 07.05.2006 13:19:36 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Cliff, > > I'd like to get some feedback on the license for the DejaVu TrueType > font set: http://dejavu.sourceforge.net > > The DejaVu fonts are derived from the BitStream "Vera" fonts. Here's the > content of the LICENSE file in the DejaVu 2.5 distribution: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fonts are (c) Bitstream (see below). DejaVu changes are in public domain. > > Bitstream Vera Fonts 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. > > $Id: LICENSE 23 2004-08-14 15:50:46Z src $ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In essence it seems to be a derivation of the X.Net License. The word > "sublicense" seems to have been removed and a few things added. But as > far as I understand the license text (and IANAL and English is not my > primary language), I think the license should match Category A. > > I'd like to request confirmation that we can use these fonts (in binary) > within Apache FOP (in SVN and maybe to be bundled in our distributions). > > Thanks a lot! > Jeremias Maerki Jeremias Maerki
