Hi Vincent The license you copied in your post is exactly the good old BSD license [1] which is Category A. You're good to go adding this to our SVN repo.
[1] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php On 25.06.2010 15:48:11 Vincent Hennebert wrote: > Hi, > > In my work on introducing support for TrueType fonts in PostScript > I need to use a CMap file to map character codes to CIDs. Like in PDF > the mapping is trivial and is Identity. But unlike in PDF I can't just > give the name of the CMap file, I must explicitly embed it in the > PostScript output (IIC). I could do it by hand as it’s not especially > difficult, but that file is readily available from Adobe’s website. See > here: > http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/cmap/CMap+Resources > where the Downloads link leads to the following archive: > http://download.macromedia.com/pub/opensource/cmap/cmapresources_identity0.tar.z > > The Identity-H file that I need contains a copyright reproduced below: > > %%Copyright: %----------------------------------------------------------- > %%Copyright: Copyright 1990-2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. > %%Copyright: All rights reserved. > %%Copyright: > %%Copyright: Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or > %%Copyright: without modification, are permitted provided that the > %%Copyright: following conditions are met: > %%Copyright: > %%Copyright: Redistributions of source code must retain the above > %%Copyright: copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following > %%Copyright: disclaimer. > %%Copyright: > %%Copyright: Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above > %%Copyright: copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following > %%Copyright: disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials > %%Copyright: provided with the distribution. > %%Copyright: > %%Copyright: Neither the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated nor the names > %%Copyright: of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote > %%Copyright: products derived from this software without specific prior > %%Copyright: written permission. > %%Copyright: > %%Copyright: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND > %%Copyright: CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, > %%Copyright: INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF > %%Copyright: MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE > %%Copyright: DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR > %%Copyright: CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > %%Copyright: SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT > %%Copyright: NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; > %%Copyright: LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > %%Copyright: HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN > %%Copyright: CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR > %%Copyright: OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS > %%Copyright: SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > %%Copyright: ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > Some time ago PDFBox stumbled upon an issue when it came to using CMap > files for CJK fonts: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-494 > They submitted the case to ASF Legal Affairs who said the files couldn’t > be put under version control but had to be downloaded from somewhere: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-36 > > However, the copyright headers for those CMap aren’t the same as the one > above and are more restrictive. This one is more liberal and is > (I believe) compatible with the Apache License. It closely matches the > legal notice that comes with Adobe AFM files, which are listed as > includable within Apache products: > http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a > > So I’m basically asking for confirmation here: is it ok if I store > Identity-H on the Subversion repository? I believe it is but, you know, > IANAL... > > Thanks, > Vincent > Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
