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Legal Notices
This project includes bitmap glyphs from several typefaces.
There are important legal distinctions between bitmap glyphs and vector font files. To the best of my knowledge, in the U.S. and many other jurisdictions, bitmap typeface glyphs (shapes of letters) are generally not subject to copyright or design patent protection as long as the typeface is at least 25 years old.
Many of the bitmap glyphs used in this project originated in old-school bitmap fonts, which were subsequently packaged as .ttf vector fonts, which I used to create sprite sheets, from which I extracted bitmap sprites.
For bitmap glyphs created from a workflow that used vector fonts, I preserved the copyright and license details from the vector fonts. I am not a lawyer, so I'm not sure if the vector font licenses still apply to those bitmap glyphs.
In any case, I encourage people who use blitstr2 to preserve these legal notices in derivative works.
Latin Typeface Glyphs: Chicago, Geneva, Courier
This project includes bitmap glyphs from the Chicago and Geneva typefaces which were designed by Susan Kare and released by Apple in 1984. Chicago and Geneva are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. The PNG sprite sheets of Chicago and Geneva glyphs came from screenshots taken on Macintosh System 7, with additional Latin Extended characters added by Sam Blenny.
This project includes bitmap glyphs from the Courier typeface which was designed by Howard G. "Bud" Kettler in the 1950's for use with IBM typewriters. The PNG sprite sheet of Courier glyphs came from a screenshot taken on Macintosh System 7, with additional Latin Extended characters added by Sam Blenny.
Emoji and Hanzi Bitmap Glyphs: Unifont 14
This project includes bitmap glyphs for emoji and hanzi which were extracted from PNG sprite sheet documents created using the Unifont 14 font, unifont-14.0.01.ttf and unifont_upper-14.0.01.ttf, as downloaded from https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-14.0.01/font-builds/ in December 2021.
Unifont 14 is dual-licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL) version 1.1 and the GNU GPL 2+ with the GNU font embedding exception.
This code is using Unifont 14 under the SIL OFL-1.1 option.
This project uses a list of emoji codepoints derived from the Unicode Data Files for Unicode 14, as downloaded from https://unicode.org/Public/emoji/14.0/emoji-sequences.txt in January 2022.
This project uses a list of hanzi codepoints derived from the Unicode Data Files for Unicode 14, Unihan_DictionaryLikeData.txt, extracted from the https://www.unicode.org/Public/14.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip zip archive, as downloaded in January 2022.
SIL Open Font License version 1.1
The SIL Open Font License version 1.1 is copied below, and is also
available with a FAQ at http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
-----------------------------------------------------------
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
-----------------------------------------------------------
PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
DEFINITIONS
"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright
Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
include source files, build scripts and documentation.
"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the
copyright statement(s).
"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as
distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting,
or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the
Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a
new environment.
"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
Software, subject to the following conditions:
1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy
contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding
Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as
presented to the users.
4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font
Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
permission.
5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
remain under this license does not apply to any document created
using the Font Software.
TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
not met.
DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Unicode Data Files License
UNICODE, INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT - DATA FILES AND SOFTWARE
See Terms of Use <https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html>
for definitions of Unicode Inc.’s Data Files and Software.
NOTICE TO USER: Carefully read the following legal agreement.
BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING UNICODE INC.'S
DATA FILES ("DATA FILES"), AND/OR SOFTWARE ("SOFTWARE"),
YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY ACCEPT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, ALL OF THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, DISTRIBUTE OR USE
THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE.
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE
Copyright © 1991-2022 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.
Distributed under the Terms of Use in https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of the Unicode data files and any associated documentation
(the "Data Files") or Unicode software and any associated documentation
(the "Software") to deal in the Data Files or Software
without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of
the Data Files or Software, and to permit persons to whom the Data Files
or Software are furnished to do so, provided that either
(a) this copyright and permission notice appear with all copies
of the Data Files or Software, or
(b) this copyright and permission notice appear in associated
Documentation.
THE DATA FILES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS
NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THE DATA FILES OR SOFTWARE.
Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder
shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale,
use or other dealings in these Data Files or Software without prior
written authorization of the copyright holder.
Korean Glyphs: NeoDunggeunmo (Neo둥근모)
This project includes bitmap glyphs extracted from a PNG sprite sheet document created using the NeoDunggeunmo (Neo둥근모) font, neodgm.ttf, as downloaded from https://github.com/neodgm/neodgm/releases/tag/v1.521 in November 2021.
Copyright and license details for neodgm.ttf:
Copyright (c) 2017-2021, Eunbin Jeong (Dalgona.) <project-neodgm@dalgona.dev>
with Reserved Font Name "Neo둥근모",
"Neo둥근모 Code",
"NeoDunggeunmo",
and "NeoDunggeunmo Code".
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
-----------------------------------------------------------
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
-----------------------------------------------------------
PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
DEFINITIONS
"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright
Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
include source files, build scripts and documentation.
"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the
copyright statement(s).
"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as
distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting,
or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the
Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a
new environment.
"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
Software, subject to the following conditions:
1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy
contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding
Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as
presented to the users.
4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font
Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
permission.
5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
remain under this license does not apply to any document created
using the Font Software.
TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
not met.
DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Japanese Bitmap Glyphs: JF Dot Izumi Gothic
This project includes bitmap glyphs extracted from a PNG sprite sheet document created using the JF Dot Izumi Gothic 16 and JF Dot Izumi Gothic 16 Bold fonts, JF-Dot-Izumi16.ttf and JF-Dot-Izumi16B.ttf, as downloaded from http://jikasei.me/font/jf-dotfont/ in November 2021.
As I understand it, JF Dot Izumi is licensed under the closest equivalent of Public Domain that is possible under Japanese copyright law, which is a bit different than under US copyright law.
JF Dot Izumi Gothic Description and License
"Description" extracted with otfinfo from JF-Dot-Izumi16.ttf (same as JF-Dot-Izumi16B.ttf):
このフォントファイルは、ビットマップフォント「出水16ドットゴシック」を、
自家製フォント工房 (http://jikasei.me/) がアウトライン化された TrueType フォントに変換したものです。
"License Description" extracted with otfinfo from JF-Dot-Izumi16.ttf (same as
JF-Dot-Izumi16B.ttf):
出水ビットマップフォントシリーズに関するあらゆる権利は、特定の個人／団体の形で保持することを主張しません。
現状では書体に著作権は認められていませんが(プログラムの権利と主張する向きもあるが、現状ではかなり疑問が残る)、
たとえ未来に書体の著作権が認められた場合でもその著作権がすべてのユーザに共有され、
自由に流通・改変されることを希望します。つまりパブリックドメインに準ずることを宣言します。
なお、著作権以外でもその他の権利の存在がありうるかもしれませんが、権利の行使は可能な限り控えさせていただきます。
追記。改正不正競争防止法第2条第1項第1号によると、書体を商品等表示と考えることで、
無期限(ちなみによく知られている3号型は3年)に保護されるのではないかと考えられます。
なおこの条項は旧不正競争防止法第1条第1項第1号に相当するので昭和十年以来有効です。
また、このフォントが商用利用・非営利利用を問わず自己責任の下に利用されることを希望します。その際、
商品の明細等に出水書体を使用した旨の記載の義務は存在しませんし(ただし、改変部分などに権利等を主張する場合は、
その及ぶ範囲を明示しておかないとならないでしょう)、私自身への連絡の義務はありません。ただし、
私自身は使用書体の記載は、公共性の観点から考えて望ましいと考えていますし、
私自身への利用の報告は今後の開発に役立てるのに重要だと考えています。