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1FREETYPE LICENSES
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4The FreeType  2 font  engine is  copyrighted work  and cannot  be used
5legally without  a software  license.  In order  to make  this project
6usable to  a vast majority of  developers, we distribute it  under two
7mutually exclusive open-source licenses.
8
9This means that *you* must choose  *one* of the two licenses described
10below, then obey all its terms and conditions when using FreeType 2 in
11any of your projects or products.
12
13  - The FreeType License,  found in the file  `docs/FTL.TXT`, which is
14    similar to the  original BSD license *with*  an advertising clause
15    that forces  you to explicitly  cite the FreeType project  in your
16    product's  documentation.  All  details are  in the  license file.
17    This license is suited to products which don't use the GNU General
18    Public License.
19
20    Note that  this license  is compatible to  the GNU  General Public
21    License version 3, but not version 2.
22
23  - The   GNU   General   Public   License   version   2,   found   in
24    `docs/GPLv2.TXT`  (any  later  version  can  be  used  also),  for
25    programs  which  already  use  the  GPL.  Note  that  the  FTL  is
26    incompatible with GPLv2 due to its advertisement clause.
27
28The contributed  BDF and PCF  drivers come  with a license  similar to
29that  of the  X Window  System.   It is  compatible to  the above  two
30licenses (see files `src/bdf/README`  and `src/pcf/README`).  The same
31holds   for   the   source    code   files   `src/base/fthash.c`   and
32`include/freetype/internal/fthash.h`; they wer part  of the BDF driver
33in earlier FreeType versions.
34
35The gzip  module uses the  zlib license (see  `src/gzip/zlib.h`) which
36too is compatible to the above two licenses.
37
38The  MD5 checksum  support  (only used  for  debugging in  development
39builds) is in the public domain.
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