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- IPA Font License Agreement v1.0
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- The Licensor provides the Licensed Program (as defined in Article 1 below)
- under the terms of this license agreement ("Agreement"). Any use, reproduction
- or distribution of the Licensed Program, or any exercise of rights under this
- Agreement by a Recipient (as defined in Article 1 below) constitutes the Recipient's
- acceptance of this Agreement.
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- Article 1 (Definitions)
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- 1. "Digital Font Program" shall mean a computer program containing, or used
- to render or display fonts.
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- 2. "Licensed Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program licensed by the Licensor
- under this Agreement.
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- 3. "Derived Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program created as a result
- of a modification, addition, deletion, replacement or any other adaptation
- to or of a part or all of the Licensed Program, and includes a case where
- a Digital Font Program newly created by retrieving font information from a
- part or all of the Licensed Program or Embedded Fonts from a Digital Document
- File with or without modification of the retrieved font information.
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- 4. "Digital Content" shall mean products provided to end users in the form
- of digital data, including video content, motion and/or still pictures, TV
- programs or other broadcasting content and products consisting of character
- text, pictures, photographic images, graphic symbols and/or the like.
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- 5. "Digital Document File" shall mean a PDF file or other Digital Content
- created by various software programs in which a part or all of the Licensed
- Program becomes embedded or contained in the file for the display of the font
- ("Embedded Fonts"). Embedded Fonts are used only in the display of characters
- in the particular Digital Document File within which they are embedded, and
- shall be distinguished from those in any Digital Font Program, which may be
- used for display of characters outside that particular Digital Document File.
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- 6. "Computer" shall include a server in this Agreement.
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- 7. "Reproduction and Other Exploitation" shall mean reproduction, transfer,
- distribution, lease, public transmission, presentation, exhibition, adaptation
- and any other exploitation.
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- 8. "Recipient" shall mean anyone who receives the Licensed Program under this
- Agreement, including one that receives the Licensed Program from a Recipient.
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- Article 2 (Grant of License)
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- The Licensor grants to the Recipient a license to use the Licensed Program
- in any and all countries in accordance with each of the provisions set forth
- in this Agreement. However, any and all rights underlying in the Licensed
- Program shall be held by the Licensor. In no sense is this Agreement intended
- to transfer any right relating to the Licensed Program held by the Licensor
- except as specifically set forth herein or any right relating to any trademark,
- trade name, or service mark to the Recipient.
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- 1. The Recipient may install the Licensed Program on any number of Computers
- and use the same in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Agreement.
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- 2. The Recipient may use the Licensed Program, with or without modification
- in printed materials or in Digital Content as an expression of character texts
- or the like.
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- 3. The Recipient may conduct Reproduction and Other Exploitation of the printed
- materials and Digital Content created in accordance with the preceding Paragraph,
- for commercial or non-commercial purposes and in any form of media including
- but not limited to broadcasting, communication and various recording media.
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- 4. If any Recipient extracts Embedded Fonts from a Digital Document File to
- create a Derived Program, such Derived Program shall be subject to the terms
- of this agreement.
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- 5. If any Recipient performs Reproduction or Other Exploitation of a Digital
- Document File in which Embedded Fonts of the Licensed Program are used only
- for rendering the Digital Content within such Digital Document File then such
- Recipient shall have no further obligations under this Agreement in relation
- to such actions.
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- 6. The Recipient may reproduce the Licensed Program as is without modification
- and transfer such copies, publicly transmit or otherwise redistribute the
- Licensed Program to a third party for commercial or non-commercial purposes
- ("Redistribute"), in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 3
- Paragraph 2.
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- 7. The Recipient may create, use, reproduce and/or Redistribute a Derived
- Program under the terms stated above for the Licensed Program: provided, that
- the Recipient shall follow the provisions set forth in Article 3 Paragraph
- 1 when Redistributing the Derived Program.
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- Article 3 (Restriction)
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- The license granted in the preceding Article shall be subject to the following
- restrictions:
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- 1. If a Derived Program is Redistributed pursuant to Paragraph 4 and 7 of
- the preceding Article, the following conditions must be met :
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- (1) The following must be also Redistributed together with the Derived Program,
- or be made available online or by means of mailing mechanisms in exchange
- for a cost which does not exceed the total costs of postage, storage medium
- and handling fees:
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- (a) a copy of the Derived Program; and
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- (b) any additional file created by the font developing program in the course
- of creating the Derived Program that can be used for further modification
- of the Derived Program, if any.
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- (2) It is required to also Redistribute means to enable recipients of the
- Derived Program to replace the Derived Program with the Licensed Program first
- released under this License (the "Original Program"). Such means may be to
- provide a difference file from the Original Program, or instructions setting
- out a method to replace the Derived Program with the Original Program.
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- (3) The Recipient must license the Derived Program under the terms and conditions
- of this Agreement.
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- (4) No one may use or include the name of the Licensed Program as a program
- name, font name or file name of the Derived Program.
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- (5) Any material to be made available online or by means of mailing a medium
- to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph may be provided, verbatim, by
- any party wishing to do so.
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- 2. If the Recipient Redistributes the Licensed Program pursuant to Paragraph
- 6 of the preceding Article, the Recipient shall meet all of the following
- conditions:
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- (1) The Recipient may not change the name of the Licensed Program.
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- (2) The Recipient may not alter or otherwise modify the Licensed Program.
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- (3) The Recipient must attach a copy of this Agreement to the Licensed Program.
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- 3. THIS LICENSED PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY THE LICENSOR "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED
- OR IMPLIED WARRANTY AS TO THE LICENSED PROGRAM OR ANY DERIVED PROGRAM, INCLUDING,
- BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY,
- OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXTENDED,
- EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO; PROCUREMENT
- OF SUBSTITUTED GOODS OR SERVICE; DAMAGES ARISING FROM SYSTEM FAILURE; LOSS
- OR CORRUPTION OF EXISTING DATA OR PROGRAM; LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND
- ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT
- (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE INSTALLATION,
- USE, THE REPRODUCTION OR OTHER EXPLOITATION OF THE LICENSED PROGRAM OR ANY
- DERIVED PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED
- OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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- 4. The Licensor is under no obligation to respond to any technical questions
- or inquiries, or provide any other user support in connection with the installation,
- use or the Reproduction and Other Exploitation of the Licensed Program or
- Derived Programs thereof.
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- Article 4 (Termination of Agreement)
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- 1. The term of this Agreement shall begin from the time of receipt of the
- Licensed Program by the Recipient and shall continue as long as the Recipient
- retains any such Licensed Program in any way.
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- 2. Notwithstanding the provision set forth in the preceding Paragraph, in
- the event of the breach of any of the provisions set forth in this Agreement
- by the Recipient, this Agreement shall automatically terminate without any
- notice. In the case of such termination, the Recipient may not use or conduct
- Reproduction and Other Exploitation of the Licensed Program or a Derived Program:
- provided that such termination shall not affect any rights of any other Recipient
- receiving the Licensed Program or the Derived Program from such Recipient
- who breached this Agreement.
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- Article 5 (Governing Law)
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- 1. IPA may publish revised and/or new versions of this License. In such an
- event, the Recipient may select either this Agreement or any subsequent version
- of the Agreement in using, conducting the Reproduction and Other Exploitation
- of, or Redistributing the Licensed Program or a Derived Program. Other matters
- not specified above shall be subject to the Copyright Law of Japan and other
- related laws and regulations of Japan.
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- 2. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of Japan.
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