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| 1 | +FREETYPE LICENSES |
| 2 | +----------------- |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +The FreeType 2 font engine is copyrighted work and cannot be used |
| 5 | +legally without a software license. In order to make this project |
| 6 | +usable to a vast majority of developers, we distribute it under two |
| 7 | +mutually exclusive open-source licenses. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +This means that *you* must choose *one* of the two licenses described |
| 10 | +below, then obey all its terms and conditions when using FreeType 2 in |
| 11 | +any of your projects or products. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + - The FreeType License, found in the file `docs/FTL.TXT`, which is |
| 14 | + similar to the original BSD license *with* an advertising clause |
| 15 | + that forces you to explicitly cite the FreeType project in your |
| 16 | + product's documentation. All details are in the license file. |
| 17 | + This license is suited to products which don't use the GNU General |
| 18 | + Public License. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | + Note that this license is compatible to the GNU General Public |
| 21 | + License version 3, but not version 2. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | + - The GNU General Public License version 2, found in |
| 24 | + `docs/GPLv2.TXT` (any later version can be used also), for |
| 25 | + programs which already use the GPL. Note that the FTL is |
| 26 | + incompatible with GPLv2 due to its advertisement clause. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +The contributed BDF and PCF drivers come with a license similar to |
| 29 | +that of the X Window System. It is compatible to the above two |
| 30 | +licenses (see files `src/bdf/README` and `src/pcf/README`). The same |
| 31 | +holds for the source code files `src/base/fthash.c` and |
| 32 | +`include/freetype/internal/fthash.h`; they were part of the BDF driver |
| 33 | +in earlier FreeType versions. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +The gzip module uses the zlib license (see `src/gzip/zlib.h`) which |
| 36 | +too is compatible to the above two licenses. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +The files `src/autofit/ft-hb.c` and `src/autofit/ft-hb.h` contain code |
| 39 | +taken almost verbatim from the HarfBuzz file `hb-ft.cc`, which uses |
| 40 | +the 'Old MIT' license, compatible to the above two licenses. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +The MD5 checksum support (only used for debugging in development |
| 43 | +builds) is in the public domain. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +--- end of LICENSE.TXT --- |
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