1Bitstream Vera Fonts Copyright 2 3The fonts have a generous copyright, allowing derivative works (as 4long as "Bitstream" or "Vera" are not in the names), and full 5redistribution (so long as they are not *sold* by themselves). They 6can be be bundled, redistributed and sold with any software. 7 8The fonts are distributed under the following copyright: 9 10Copyright 11========= 12 13Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Bitstream 14Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc. 15 16Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining 17a copy of the fonts accompanying this license ("Fonts") and associated 18documentation files (the "Font Software"), to reproduce and distribute 19the Font Software, including without limitation the rights to use, 20copy, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Font 21Software, and to permit persons to whom the Font Software is furnished 22to do so, subject to the following conditions: 23 24The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice 25shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software 26typefaces. 27 28The Font Software may be modified, altered, or added to, and in 29particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may be 30modified and additional glyphs or characters may be added to the 31Fonts, only if the fonts are renamed to names not containing either 32the words "Bitstream" or the word "Vera". 33 34This License becomes null and void to the extent applicable to Fonts 35or Font Software that has been modified and is distributed under the 36"Bitstream Vera" names. 37 38The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but 39no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by 40itself. 41 42THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 43EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF 44MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT 45OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL 46BITSTREAM OR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR 47OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 48OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR 49OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT 50SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE. 51 52Except as contained in this notice, the names of Gnome, the Gnome 53Foundation, and Bitstream Inc., shall not be used in advertising or 54otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font 55Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation 56or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact: 57fonts at gnome dot org. 58 59Copyright 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. 124 125