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.
Copyright FAQ
=============
1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What
gives?
Bitstream is giving away these fonts, but
wishes to ensure its
competitors can't just drop the fonts as is into
a font sale system
and sell them as is. It seems fair that if
Bitstream can't make money
from the Bitstream Vera fonts, their
competitors should not be able to
do so either. You can sell the fonts as part of
any software package,
however.
2. I want to package these fonts separately for
distribution and
sale as part of a larger software package or
system. Can I do so?
Yes. A RPM or Debian package is a "larger
software package" to begin
with, and you aren't selling them
independently by themselves.
See 1. above.
3. Are derivative works allowed?
Yes!
4. Can I change or add to the font(s)?
Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the
font(s).
5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed?
You must change the name(s) of the fonts.
This is to ensure the
quality of the fonts, both to protect Bitstream
and Gnome. We want to
ensure that if an application has opened a
font specifically of these
names, it gets what it expects (though of
course, using fontconfig,
substitutions could still could have occurred
during font
opening). You must include the Bitstream
copyright. Additional
copyrights can be added, as per copyright law.
Happy Font Hacking!
6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it
possible they might get
adopted in future versions?
Yes. The contract between the Gnome
Foundation and Bitstream has
provisions for working with Bitstream to ensure
quality additions to
the Bitstream Vera font family. Please contact
us if you have such
additions. Note, that in general, we will want
such additions for the
entire family, not just a single font, and that
you'll have to keep
both Gnome and Jim Lyles, Vera's designer,
happy! To make sense to add
glyphs to the font, they must be stylistically in
keeping with Vera's
design. Vera cannot become a "ransom note"
font. Jim Lyles will be
providing a document describing the design
elements used in Vera, as a
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