[gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[Ralph Sennhauser]

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Hi,

I'm querying this list out of the need of adding a new license[1] for
adobe-pcfi[2].

Suggested name for the license is adobe-pcfi. An other possibility
could be Adobe-PCFI to better match other Adobe* licenses.

The license would be added to the MISC-FREE license group.

If you have any doubts let me know before I proceed in about a week.


Thanks to ssuominen and robbat2 for their initial guidance.
Cheers, Ralph.


[1]
https://github.com/jukka/pcfi/blob/master/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448532


A in-lined copy of the license follows:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
=========================
PDF Core Font Information
=========================

This package contains PDF font information files downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi and elsewhere. See the individual
files and the summary below for related copyright and licensing information.

Any Adobe patents covering information in these files should be included in
the patent pledge they have made to ISO for the PDF 1.7 standard. Here's what
Adobe legal wrote when asked about this:

    "Adobe has provided a patent pledge to ISO which states that Adobe will
    grant a fee and royalty free license to an unrestricted number of
    applicants on a worldwide, non-discriminatory basis and under other
    reasonable terms and conditions to make, use, and sell implementations
    of PDF 1.7 (ISO 32000-1)."
    (private communication to Jukka Zitting, 2008-12-03)

See also the following page for more information about patents related to PDF:
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topic_legal_notices.html

Font Metrics for PDF Core 14 Fonts
----------------------------------

The files in com/adobe/pdf/pcfi/afm were downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/pdfs/Core14_AFMs.zip on 2009-06-14.

The MustRead.html file contains the following license:

    This file and the 14 PostScript(R) AFM files it accompanies may
    be used, copied, and distributed for any purpose and without charge,
    with or without modification, provided that all copyright notices
    are retained; that the AFM files are not distributed without this
    file; that all modifications to this file or any of the AFM files
    are prominently noted in the modified file(s); and that this
    paragraph is not modified. Adobe Systems has no responsibility
    or obligation to support the use of the AFM files.

The individual AFM files contain further copyright notices. The aggregate
of these notices is:

    Copyright (c) 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
    1997 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
    Helvetica and Times are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or
    its subsidiaries. ITC Zapf Dingbats is a registered trademark
    of International Typeface Corporation.

CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
-----------------------

The CMap files in com/adobe/pdf/pcfi/*/ were downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/pdfs/ and elsewhere.

All the individual CMap files in these directories contain copyright
sections with a license for redistribution. The aggregate of this
information is:

    Copyright 1990-2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
    All Rights Reserved.

    Patents Pending

    NOTICE: All information contained herein is the property
    of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

    Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
    provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
    that the contents of this file are not altered in any
    way from its original form.

    PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of
    Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in
    certain jurisdictions.
Adobe Glyph List
----------------

The glyph list in com/adobe/pdf/pcfi/glyphlist.txt was downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/archives/glyphlist.txt on 2010-08-06.

    Copyright (c) 1997,1998,2002,2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated
 
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
    copy of this documentation file to use, copy, publish, distribute,
    sublicense, and/or sell copies of the documentation, and to permit
    others to do the same, provided that:
    - No modification, editing or other alteration of this document is
    allowed; and
    - The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
    included in all copies of the documentation.
 
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
    copy of this documentation file, to create their own derivative works
    from the content of this document to use, copy, publish, distribute,
    sublicense, and/or sell the derivative works, and to permit others to do
    the same, provided that the derived work is not represented as being a
    copy or version of this document.
 
    Adobe shall not be liable to any party for any loss of revenue or profit
    or for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other similar
    damages, whether based on tort (including without limitation negligence
    or strict liability), contract or other legal or equitable grounds even
    if Adobe has been advised or had reason to know of the possibility of
    such damages. The Adobe materials are provided on an "AS IS" basis.
    Adobe specifically disclaims all express, statutory, or implied
    warranties relating to the Adobe materials, including but not limited to
    those concerning merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or
    non-infringement of any third party rights regarding the Adobe
    materials.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013, Ralph Sennhauser wrote:

> I'm querying this list out of the need of adding a new license[1] for
> adobe-pcfi[2].

> Suggested name for the license is adobe-pcfi. An other possibility
> could be Adobe-PCFI to better match other Adobe* licenses.

If there are other Adobe* already, I'd use capital letters for this
one too.

> The license would be added to the MISC-FREE license group.

I believe that it's non-free, because the license notice for the
"CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts" (which is also found in individual files in
pcfi/tree/master/src/main/resources/com/adobe/pdf/pcfi/chinese_t)
doesn't allow modification:

> CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
> -----------------------
> [...]
>     Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
>     provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
>     that the contents of this file are not altered in any
>     way from its original form.

This would imply that the license cannot be added to the MISC-FREE group.

Ulrich

> [1] https://github.com/jukka/pcfi/blob/master/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
> [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448532

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:01:55AM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
> > -----------------------
> > [...]
> >     Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
> >     provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
> >     that the contents of this file are not altered in any
> >     way from its original form.
> This would imply that the license cannot be added to the MISC-FREE group.
Ok, I think @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE may be workable instead for this
license.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[Ralph Sennhauser]

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On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:10:38 +0000
"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:01:55AM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
> > > -----------------------
> > > [...]
> > >     Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
> > >     provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
> > >     that the contents of this file are not altered in any
> > >     way from its original form.
> > This would imply that the license cannot be added to the MISC-FREE
> > group.
> Ok, I think @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE may be workable instead for this
> license.
> 

Thanks to both of you. So the current plan is:

license name: Adobe-PCFI
license group: BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE

If there are no further objections within a week I'll commit the
license.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New license - adobe-pcfi

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Ralph Sennhauser wrote:

> Thanks to both of you. So the current plan is:

> license name: Adobe-PCFI
> license group: BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE

Looks good to me.

> If there are no further objections within a week I'll commit the
> license.

Ulrich

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