I had never read the BSD license actually... Thanks Jeremias, Vincent
Jeremias Maerki wrote: > 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: general-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
