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author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Fri, 18 May 2012 11:21:51 +0200
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1 This Font Software is Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Philipp H. Poll (http://linuxlibertine.sf.net/).
2 All Rights Reserved.
4 "Linux Libertine" is a Reserved Font Name for this Font Software.
6 This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.0.
7 No modification of the license is permitted, only verbatim copy is allowed.
8 This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
9 http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
12 -----------------------------------------------------------
13 SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.0 - 22 November 2005
14 -----------------------------------------------------------
16 PREAMBLE
17 The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
18 development of cooperative font projects, to support the font creation
19 efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide an open
20 framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with
21 others.
23 The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
24 redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
25 fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
26 redistributed and sold with any software provided that the font
27 names of derivative works are changed. The fonts and derivatives,
28 however, cannot be released under any other type of license.
30 DEFINITIONS
31 "Font Software" refers to any and all of the following:
32 - font files
33 - data files
34 - source code
35 - build scripts
36 - documentation
38 "Reserved Font Name" refers to the Font Software name as seen by
39 users and any other names as specified after the copyright statement.
41 "Standard Version" refers to the collection of Font Software
42 components as distributed by the Copyright Holder.
44 "Modified Version" refers to any derivative font software made by
45 adding to, deleting, or substituting -- in part or in whole --
46 any of the components of the Standard Version, by changing formats
47 or by porting the Font Software to a new environment.
49 "Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
50 writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
52 PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
53 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
54 a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
55 redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
56 Software, subject to the following conditions:
58 1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
59 in Standard or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
61 2) Standard or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
62 redistributed and sold with any software, provided that each copy
63 contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
64 included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
65 in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
66 binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
68 3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
69 Name(s), in part or in whole, unless explicit written permission is
70 granted by the Copyright Holder. This restriction applies to all
71 references stored in the Font Software, such as the font menu name and
72 other font description fields, which are used to differentiate the
73 font from others.
75 4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder or the Author(s) of the Font
76 Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
77 Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
78 Copyright Holder and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
79 permission.
81 5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
82 must be distributed using this license, and may not be distributed
83 under any other license.
85 TERMINATION
86 This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
87 not met.
89 DISCLAIMER
90 THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
91 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
92 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
93 OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
94 COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
95 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
96 DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
97 FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
98 OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.