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Open Source Software Notice
We don't promise that this software works. However, we will be interested in any kind of bug
reports. (`as is' distribution)
You can use this software for whatever you want, in parts or full form, without having to pay
us. (`royalty-free' usage)
You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If you use it, or only parts of it, in a
program, you must acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that you have used the
FreeType code. (`credits')
We speci󳝌cally permit and encourage the inclusion of this software, with or without
modi󳝌cations, in commercial products. We disclaim all warranties covering The FreeType
Project and assume no liability related to The FreeType Project.
Finally, many people asked us for a preferred form for a credit/disclaimer to use in compliance
with this license. We thus encourage you to use the following text:
""" Portions of this software are copyright © <year> The FreeType Project (www.freetype.org). All
rights reserved. """
Please replace <year> with the value from the FreeType version you actually use.
Legal Terms
0. De󳝌nitions
Throughout this license, the terms `package', `FreeType Project', and `FreeType archive' refer
to the set of 󳝌les originally distributed by the authors (David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner
Lemberg) as the `FreeType Project', be they named as alpha, beta or 󳝌nal release.
`You' refers to the licensee, or person using the project, where `using' is a generic term
including compiling the project's source code as well as linking it to form a `program' or
`executable'. This program is referred to as `a program using the FreeType engine'.
This license applies to all 󳝌les distributed in the original FreeType Project, including all source
code, binaries and documentation, unless otherwise stated in the 󳝌le in its original, unmodi󳝌ed
form as distributed in the original archive. If you are unsure whether or not a particular 󳝌le is
covered by this license, you must contact us to verify this.
The FreeType Project is copyright (C) 1996-2000 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner
Lemberg. All rights reserved except as speci󳝌ed below.
1. No Warranty