4 The FreeType 2 font engine is copyrighted work and cannot be used
5 legally without a software license. In order to make this project
6 usable to a vast majority of developers, we distribute it under two
7 mutually exclusive open-source licenses.
9 This means that *you* must choose *one* of the two licenses described
10 below, then obey all its terms and conditions when using FreeType 2 in
11 any of your projects or products.
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
20 Note that this license is compatible to the GNU General Public
21 License version 3, but not version 2.
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.
28 The contributed BDF and PCF drivers come with a license similar to
29 that of the X Window System. It is compatible to the above two
30 licenses (see files `src/bdf/README` and `src/pcf/README`). The same
31 holds for the source code files `src/base/fthash.c` and
32 `include/freetype/internal/fthash.h`; they were part of the BDF driver
33 in earlier FreeType versions.
35 The gzip module uses the zlib license (see `src/gzip/zlib.h`) which
36 too is compatible to the above two licenses.
38 The files `src/autofit/ft-hb.c` and `src/autofit/ft-hb.h` contain code
39 taken almost verbatim from the HarfBuzz file `hb-ft.cc`, which uses
40 the 'Old MIT' license, compatible to the above two licenses.
42 The MD5 checksum support (only used for debugging in development
43 builds) is in the public domain.
46 --- end of LICENSE.TXT ---