Question about FreeType Licensing

[Victoria Krischke]

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Hello FreeType Org,

 

We have some developers interested in using the FreeType v2.3.7 code available for download at: http://mirror.dknss.com/nongnu/freetype/freetype-2.3.7.tar.bz2. Reviewing the license (http://www.freetype.org/FTL.TXT) it seems that perhaps some other licenses could apply to the use of FreeType per the 3^rd paragraph under the license section named “Definitions”:

 

  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.

 

Is it possible to obtain a list of all licenses that apply to the use of FreeType v2.3.7?

Thank you kindly, Victoria

 

 

Victoria Krischke
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Symantec Corporation 
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[James Buren]

> Hello FreeType Org,
>
>
>
> We have some developers interested in using the FreeType v2.3.7 code
> available for download at:
> http://mirror.dknss.com/nongnu/freetype/freetype-2.3.7.tar.bz2.
> Reviewing the license (http://www.freetype.org/FTL.TXT) it seems that
> perhaps some other licenses could apply to the use of FreeType per the
> 3rd paragraph under the license section named "Definitions":
>
>
>
>
>   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.
>
>
>
> Is it possible to obtain a list of all licenses that apply to the use of
> FreeType v2.3.7?
>

You mean this?
http://www.freetype.org/license.html

> Thank you kindly, Victoria
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> Victoria Krischke
> Paralegal
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com <http://www.symantec.com/>
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> Tel: [phone]
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> Mobile: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> victoria_krischke@...
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[Werner LEMBERG]

> We have some developers interested in using the FreeType v2.3.7 code
> available for download at:
> http://mirror.dknss.com/nongnu/freetype/freetype-2.3.7.tar.bz2.

Please use version 2.3.11, available from

  https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=freetype

(which directs you to the nearest mirror).  This release contains a
lot of bug fixes and handles potential security problems.

> Is it possible to obtain a list of all licenses that apply to the
> use of FreeType v2.3.7?

Currently, all files (from either version 2.3.7 or 2.3.11) are
dual-licensed with either the GPL or the FreeType License (FTL),
except the BDF and PCF drivers and the gzip module, which use the even
more liberal X11 license (see section 2.1 at
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html) and the zlib license,
respectively (http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html).

I've just updated the file docs/LICENSE.TXT in the git repository with
this information.


    Werner


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[Werner LEMBERG]

> You mean this?
> http://www.freetype.org/license.html

Her request was more specific; see my other mail.  The git repository
now contains an updated docs/LICENSE.TXT file.


    Werner


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