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Posted to users@pdfbox.apache.org by Antony Bowesman <ad...@thorntothehorn.org> on 2011/11/22 05:52:43 UTC

Adobe Licence links

The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM & CMAP pointing to

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi

but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.

Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with pdfbox?

Thanks
Antony

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>.

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have looked at one of the font files (Courier.afm) and it says,
> "Notice Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Adobe Systems
> Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.". My assumption here is that the
> phrase "All Rights Reserved" means that I cannot use this file for any
> purpose and as such cannot use for my program. Is that right? My
> apologies for my ignorance as I am pretty new to copyright stuff.

Ah, the afm files don't have full license headers (the cmap ones do).

The license for using the afm files is included in the MustRead.html
file inside the same package. The file says:

    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.

BR,

Jukka Zitting

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com>.

Thanks Jukka.

I have looked at one of the font files (Courier.afm) and it says,
"Notice Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Adobe Systems
Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.". My assumption here is that the
phrase "All Rights Reserved" means that I cannot use this file for any
purpose and as such cannot use for my program. Is that right? My
apologies for my ignorance as I am pretty new to copyright stuff.

Thanks,
Stephen

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have looked at the page http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font.html#pcfi
>> and found the licence for AFM at the bottom of the page in the files
>> under the heading "PDF core font information" and the subheading "Font
>> Metrics for PDF Core 14 fonts". I am not able to find any licence
>> information for CMaps though. The files under the "CMaps for PDF CJK
>> Fonts" do not have any licence information. Am I looking for this
>> information in the wrong file.
>
> License details are included as %%Copyright comments inside the CMap
> files. You'll find them if you open the files in a text editor.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>.

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have looked at the page http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font.html#pcfi
> and found the licence for AFM at the bottom of the page in the files
> under the heading "PDF core font information" and the subheading "Font
> Metrics for PDF Core 14 fonts". I am not able to find any licence
> information for CMaps though. The files under the "CMaps for PDF CJK
> Fonts" do not have any licence information. Am I looking for this
> information in the wrong file.

License details are included as %%Copyright comments inside the CMap
files. You'll find them if you open the files in a text editor.

BR,

Jukka Zitting

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com>.

Hi,

I have looked at the page http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font.html#pcfi
and found the licence for AFM at the bottom of the page in the files
under the heading "PDF core font information" and the subheading "Font
Metrics for PDF Core 14 fonts". I am not able to find any licence
information for CMaps though. The files under the "CMaps for PDF CJK
Fonts" do not have any licence information. Am I looking for this
information in the wrong file.

Thanks,
Stephen

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Andreas.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am 07.12.2011 07:53, schrieb Stephen Haggai:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am in the process of creating an open source app. Does it mean that
>>> when I give away my app for free or sell it I have to include all the
>>> applicable licences required for PDFBox distribution mentioned in the
>>> http://pdfbox.apache.org/userguide/redistribution.html page in the
>>> app.
>>
>> Yes, have a look at [1] for the details.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jukka Zitting<ju...@gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Antony Bowesman<ad...@thorntothehorn.org>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM&  CMAP
>>>>>
>>>>> pointing to
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi
>>>>>
>>>>> but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can find the license information embedded inside the headers of
>>>> the font information files.
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with
>>>>> pdfbox?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> See also the LICENSE files inside the PDFBox release artifacts. They
>>>> should contain all relevant licensing information, both for PDFBox
>>>> itself and for any external materials redistributed along with PDFBox.
>>>>
>>>> BR,
>>>>
>>>> Jukka Zitting
>>
>>
>> BR
>> Andreas Lehmkühler
>>
>> [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0#redistribution

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com>.

Thanks Andreas.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 07.12.2011 07:53, schrieb Stephen Haggai:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am in the process of creating an open source app. Does it mean that
>> when I give away my app for free or sell it I have to include all the
>> applicable licences required for PDFBox distribution mentioned in the
>> http://pdfbox.apache.org/userguide/redistribution.html page in the
>> app.
>
> Yes, have a look at [1] for the details.
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jukka Zitting<ju...@gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Antony Bowesman<ad...@thorntothehorn.org>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM&  CMAP
>>>>
>>>> pointing to
>>>>
>>>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi
>>>>
>>>> but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.
>>>
>>>
>>> You can find the license information embedded inside the headers of
>>> the font information files.
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with
>>>> pdfbox?
>>>
>>>
>>> See also the LICENSE files inside the PDFBox release artifacts. They
>>> should contain all relevant licensing information, both for PDFBox
>>> itself and for any external materials redistributed along with PDFBox.
>>>
>>> BR,
>>>
>>> Jukka Zitting
>
>
> BR
> Andreas Lehmkühler
>
> [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0#redistribution

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de>.

Hi,

Am 07.12.2011 07:53, schrieb Stephen Haggai:
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of creating an open source app. Does it mean that
> when I give away my app for free or sell it I have to include all the
> applicable licences required for PDFBox distribution mentioned in the
> http://pdfbox.apache.org/userguide/redistribution.html page in the
> app.
Yes, have a look at [1] for the details.


> Thanks,
> Stephen
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jukka Zitting<ju...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Antony Bowesman<ad...@thorntothehorn.org>  wrote:
>>> The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM&  CMAP
>>> pointing to
>>>
>>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi
>>>
>>> but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.
>>
>> You can find the license information embedded inside the headers of
>> the font information files.
>>
>>> Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with
>>> pdfbox?
>>
>> See also the LICENSE files inside the PDFBox release artifacts. They
>> should contain all relevant licensing information, both for PDFBox
>> itself and for any external materials redistributed along with PDFBox.
>>
>> BR,
>>
>> Jukka Zitting

BR
Andreas Lehmkühler

[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0#redistribution

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Stephen Haggai <st...@gmail.com>.

Hi,

I am in the process of creating an open source app. Does it mean that
when I give away my app for free or sell it I have to include all the
applicable licences required for PDFBox distribution mentioned in the
http://pdfbox.apache.org/userguide/redistribution.html page in the
app.

Thanks,
Stephen


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Antony Bowesman <ad...@thorntothehorn.org> wrote:
>> The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM & CMAP
>> pointing to
>>
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi
>>
>> but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.
>
> You can find the license information embedded inside the headers of
> the font information files.
>
>> Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with
>> pdfbox?
>
> See also the LICENSE files inside the PDFBox release artifacts. They
> should contain all relevant licensing information, both for PDFBox
> itself and for any external materials redistributed along with PDFBox.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting

Re: Adobe Licence links

Posted by Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>.

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Antony Bowesman <ad...@thorntothehorn.org> wrote:
> The redistribution page shows the license links for Adobe AFM & CMAP
> pointing to
>
> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi
>
> but that page does not seem to have any licence related information.

You can find the license information embedded inside the headers of
the font information files.

> Does anyone know the correct link or what should be redistributed with
> pdfbox?

See also the LICENSE files inside the PDFBox release artifacts. They
should contain all relevant licensing information, both for PDFBox
itself and for any external materials redistributed along with PDFBox.

BR,

Jukka Zitting