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GNOME Font Copyright



Apparently, the fonts donated to GNOME by Bitstream are now available. 
The current "beta-test" license is clearly non-free, but they are
proposing a license for the final release which seems to be DFSG-free. 
I've included the license text below.  Is this DFSG-free?  If not, what
changes need to be made?  It seems that this is a draft, so we might be
able to lobby for adjustments.

The big problem that glares out at me is the "cannot sell by itself"
clause.  I vaguely remember that d-legal considers that to be a silly
restriction that has no effect on freeness, but I could be wrong.

Apologies if this has been brought up before.

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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 have been modified and are 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. 
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-- 
Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>



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