[Fedora-legal-list] What license tag to use for pcfi

[Orion Poplawski]

On 10/25/2011 05:23 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>>> "OP" == Orion Poplawski<orion at cora.nwra.com>  writes:
>
> OP>  http://jukka.zitting.name/2009/com.adobe.pdf/LICENSE.txt
>
> 404 for me.
>
> OP>  http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/cmap/License
>
> Looks like the the 3-clause BSD license to me:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD#3ClauseBSD
>
> That's kind of obvious, though; is there some small detail I'm missing?

Probably not, I guess I just don't trust myself.

Here's the other license file:

=========================
PDF Core Font Information
=========================

This package contains PDF font information files downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi on 2009-06-14. 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 files in com/adobe/pdf/pcfi/chinese_t were downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/pdfs/chinese_t.zip on 2009-06-14.

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

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

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

     Copyright 1990-2001 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.


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