Licensing Information

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Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation

or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact:

fonts at gnome dot org.

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1. I don't understand the resale restriction... What gives?

Bitstream is giving away these fonts, but wishes to ensure its

competitors can't just drop the fonts as is into a font sale system

and sell them as is. It seems fair that if Bitstream can't make money

from the Bitstream Vera fonts, their competitors should not be able to

do so either. You can sell the fonts as part of any software package,

however.

2. I want to package these fonts separately for distribution and

sale as part of a larger software package or system. Can I do so?

Yes. A RPM or Debian package is a "larger software package" to begin

with, and you aren't selling them independently by themselves.

See 1. above.

3. Are derivative works allowed?

Yes!

4. Can I change or add to the font(s)?

Yes, but you must change the name(s) of the font(s).

5. Under what terms are derivative works allowed?

You must change the name(s) of the fonts. This is to ensure the

quality of the fonts, both to protect Bitstream and Gnome. We want to

ensure that if an application has opened a font specifically of these

names, it gets what it expects (though of course, using fontconfig,

substitutions could still could have occurred during font

opening). You must include the Bitstream copyright. Additional

copyrights can be added, as per copyright law. Happy Font Hacking!

6. If I have improvements for Bitstream Vera, is it possible they might get

adopted in future versions?

Yes. The contract between the Gnome Foundation and Bitstream has

provisions for working with Bitstream to ensure quality additions to

the Bitstream Vera font family. Please contact us if you have such

additions. Note, that in general, we will want such additions for the

entire family, not just a single font, and that you'll have to keep

both Gnome and Jim Lyles, Vera's designer, happy! To make sense to add