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IPA Font License Agreement v1.0

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.

Article 1 (Definitions)

1. "Digital Font Program" shall mean a computer program containing, or used
to render or display fonts.

2. "Licensed Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program licensed by the Licensor
under this Agreement.

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.

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.

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.

   6. "Computer" shall include a server in this Agreement.

7. "Reproduction and Other Exploitation" shall mean reproduction, transfer,
distribution, lease, public transmission, presentation, exhibition, adaptation
and any other exploitation.

8. "Recipient" shall mean anyone who receives the Licensed Program under this
Agreement, including one that receives the Licensed Program from a Recipient.

Article 2 (Grant of License)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Article 3 (Restriction)

The license granted in the preceding Article shall be subject to the following
restrictions:

1. If a Derived Program is Redistributed pursuant to Paragraph 4 and 7 of
the preceding Article, the following conditions must be met :

(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:

         (a) a copy of the Derived Program; and

(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.

(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.

(3) The Recipient must license the Derived Program under the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.

(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.

(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.

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:

      (1) The Recipient may not change the name of the Licensed Program.

      (2) The Recipient may not alter or otherwise modify the Licensed Program.

(3) The Recipient must attach a copy of this Agreement to the Licensed Program.

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.

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.

Article 4 (Termination of Agreement)

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.

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.

Article 5 (Governing Law)

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.

   2. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of Japan.