Arphic
ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE
Copyright (C) 1999 Arphic Technology Co., Ltd.
11Fl. No.168, Yung Chi Rd., Taipei, 110 Taiwan
All rights reserved except as specified below.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing
it is forbidden.
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By
contrast, the ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE specifically permits and encourages you to use this software,
provided that you give the recipients all the rights that we gave you and make sure they can get
the modifications of this software.
Legal Terms
0. Definitions:
Throughout this License, "Font" means the TrueType fonts "AR PL Mingti2L Big5", "AR PL KaitiM
Big5" (BIG-5 character set) and "AR PL SungtiL GB", "AR PL KaitiM GB" (GB character set) which are
originally distributed by Arphic, and the derivatives of those fonts created through any
modification including modifying glyph, reordering glyph, converting format, changing font name, or
adding/deleting some characters in/from glyph table.
"PL" means "Public License".
"Copyright Holder" means whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights for the Font.
"You" means the licensee, or person copying, redistributing or modifying the Font.
"Freely Available" means that you have the freedom to copy or modify the Font as well as
redistribute copies of the Font under the same conditions you received, not price. If you wish, you
can charge for this service.
1. Copying & Distribution
You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of this Font in any medium, without restriction,
provided that you retain this license file (ARPHICPL.TXT) unaltered in all copies.
2. Modification
You may otherwise modify your copy of this Font in any way, including modifying glyph,
reordering glyph, converting format, changing font name, or adding/deleting some characters in/from
glyph table, and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of Section 1 above,
provided that the following conditions are met:
a) You must insert a prominent notice in each modified file stating how and when you changed
that file.
b) You must make such modifications Freely Available as a whole to all third parties under the
terms of this License, such as by offering access to copy the modifications from a designated
place, or distributing the modifications on a medium customarily used for software interchange.
c) If the modified fonts normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when
started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or
else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the Font under these
conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License.
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work
are not derived from the Font, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
themselves, then this License and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute
them as separate works. Therefore, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Font with the
Font on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope
of this License.
3. Condition Subsequent
You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Font except as expressly provided under
this License. Any attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Font will
automatically retroactively void your rights under this License. However, parties who have received
copies or rights from you under this License will keep their licenses valid so long as such parties
remain in full compliance.
4. Acceptance
You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else
grants you permission to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Font. These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by copying, modifying, sublicensing
or distributing the Font, you indicate your acceptance of this License and all its terms and
conditions.
5. Automatic Receipt
Each time you redistribute the Font, the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Font subject to these terms and conditions. You
may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.
6. Contradiction
If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other
reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order,
agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from
the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your
obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may
not distribute the Font at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free
redistribution of the Font by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from
distribution of the Font.
If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular
circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is
intended to apply in other circumstances.
7. NO WARRANTY
BECAUSE THE FONT IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE FONT, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR OTHER
PARTIES PROVIDE THE FONT "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE FONT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE FONT
PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
8. DAMAGES WAIVER
UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COPYRIGHTT
HOLDERS, OR OTHER PARTIES WHO MAY COPY, MODIFY OR REDISTRIBUTE THE FONT AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION), EVEN IF SUCH
HOLDERS OR OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.