On 10/25/2011 05:23 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

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"OP" == Orion Poplawskiorion@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.