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Open Source Software Notice
䠐 We don't promise that this software works. However, we will be interested in any kind of bug
reports. (`as is' distribution)
䠐 You can use this software for whatever you want, in parts or full form, without having to pay
us. (`royalty-free' usage)
䠐 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 specically permit and encourage the inclusion of this software, with or without
modications, 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. Denitions
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, unmodied
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 specied below.
1. No Warranty