The freetype project license – LG 55LW9800 User Manual

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OPEN SOURCE LICENSE

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The FreeType Project LICENSE

Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 by David Turner, Robert
Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg

Introduction

The FreeType Project is distributed in several
archive packages; some of them may contain, in
addition to the FreeType font engine, various tools
and contributions which rely on, or relate to, the
FreeType Project.

This license applies to all files found in such
packages, and which do not fall under their own
explicit license. The license affects thus the
FreeType font engine, the test programs,
documentation and makefiles, at the very least.
This license was inspired by the BSD, Artistic, and
IJG (Independent JPEG Group) licenses, which all
encourage inclusion and use of free software in
commercial and freeware products alike. As a
consequence, its main points are that:

- 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 specifically permit and encourage the inclusion
of this software, with or without modifications, 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. Definitions

Throughout this license, the terms ‘package’,
‘FreeType Project’ and ‘FreeType archive’ refer
to the set of files originally distributed by the
authors (David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and
Werner Lemberg) as the ‘FreeType Project’, be
they named as alpha, beta or final 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 files distributed in the
original FreeType Project, including all source
code, binaries and documentation, unless
otherwise stated in the file in its original,
unmodified form as distributed in the original
archive. If you are unsure whether or not a
particular file 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
specified below.

1. No Warranty

THE FREETYPE PROJECT IS PROVIDED ‘AS
IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL
ANY OF THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
CAUSED BY THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO
USE, OF THE FREETYPE PROJECT.

2. Redistribution

This license grants a worldwide, royalty-free,
perpetual and irrevocable right and license to
use, execute, perform, compile, display, copy,
create derivative works of, distribute and
sublicense the FreeType Project (in both
source and object code forms) and derivative
works thereof for any purpose; and to
authorize others to exercise some or all of the
rights granted herein, subject to the following
conditions:
- Redistribution of source code must retain
this license file (‘FTL.TXT’) unaltered; any
additions, deletions or changes to the original
files must be clearly indicated in accompanying
documentation. The copyright notices of the
unaltered, original files must be preserved in all
copies of source files.

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