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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:12:46 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jukka Zitting (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Commented: (LEGAL-36) CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
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Jukka Zitting commented on LEGAL-36:
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See related discussion at [1]. The consensus seems to be that the license itself is acceptable, but that we should clarify what the "Patents Pending" note refers to. To find out more I have contacted [2] the "PDF Language and Specifications" forum hosted by Adobe.

[1] http://markmail.org/message/itzg3ppfw2phbttm
[2] http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b72109

> CMaps for PDF CJK Fonts
> -----------------------
>
>                 Key: LEGAL-36
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-36
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Question
>            Reporter: Jukka Zitting
>
> The incubating Apache PDFBox project embeds CMap files (character code mappings) for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) fonts in PDF documents.  The files are available from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/font/#pcfi and come with license headers like this:
>     Copyright 1990-2001 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
>     All Rights Reserved.
>     Patents Pending
>     NOTICE: All information contained herein is the property
>     of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
>     Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
>     provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
>     that the contents of this file are not altered in any
>     way from its original form.
>     PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of
>     Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in
>     certain jurisdictions.
> The license grants rights to redistribute the files, but does not allow any modifications. Is it OK for Apache PDFBox to redistribute these files unmodified?
> Having these files included in PDFBox is highly convenient as they allow PDFBox to work OOTB with PDF documents that contain CJK fonts. Also, I can't think of cases where a user would want to modify the CMap files.

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