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diff --git a/libfreetype/NOTICE/license.txt b/libfreetype/NOTICE/license.txt index 741bc9f4..8b9ce9e2 100755 --- a/libfreetype/NOTICE/license.txt +++ b/libfreetype/NOTICE/license.txt @@ -1,10 +1,46 @@ +FREETYPE LICENSES +----------------- -FreeType comes with two licenses from which you can choose the one which -fits your needs best: +The FreeType 2 font engine is copyrighted work and cannot be used +legally without a software license. In order to make this project +usable to a vast majority of developers, we distribute it under two +mutually exclusive open-source licenses. - . The FreeType License, in file `docs/FTL.txt'. +This means that *you* must choose *one* of the two licenses described +below, then obey all its terms and conditions when using FreeType 2 in +any of your projects or products. - . The GNU General Public License, in file `docs/GPL.txt'. + - The FreeType License, found in the file `docs/FTL.TXT`, which is + similar to the original BSD license *with* an advertising clause + that forces you to explicitly cite the FreeType project in your + product's documentation. All details are in the license file. + This license is suited to products which don't use the GNU General + Public License. -The contributed PCF driver comes with a license similar to that of X Windows -which is compatible to the above two licenses (see file src/pcf/readme). + Note that this license is compatible to the GNU General Public + License version 3, but not version 2. + + - The GNU General Public License version 2, found in + `docs/GPLv2.TXT` (any later version can be used also), for + programs which already use the GPL. Note that the FTL is + incompatible with GPLv2 due to its advertisement clause. + +The contributed BDF and PCF drivers come with a license similar to +that of the X Window System. It is compatible to the above two +licenses (see files `src/bdf/README` and `src/pcf/README`). The same +holds for the source code files `src/base/fthash.c` and +`include/freetype/internal/fthash.h`; they were part of the BDF driver +in earlier FreeType versions. + +The gzip module uses the zlib license (see `src/gzip/zlib.h`) which +too is compatible to the above two licenses. + +The files `src/autofit/ft-hb.c` and `src/autofit/ft-hb.h` contain code +taken almost verbatim from the HarfBuzz file `hb-ft.cc`, which uses +the 'Old MIT' license, compatible to the above two licenses. + +The MD5 checksum support (only used for debugging in development +builds) is in the public domain. + + +--- end of LICENSE.TXT --- |