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/*! 
    \page licenses.html
    \title Other Licenses Used in Qt
    \ingroup licensing
    \brief Information about other licenses used for Qt components and third-party code.

    Qt contains some code that is not provided under the the
    \l{GNU General Public License (GPL)},
    \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} or the
    \l{Qt Commercial Editions}{Qt Commercial License Agreement}, but rather under
    specific licenses from the original authors. Some pieces of code were developed
    by Qt Software and others originated from third parties.
    This page lists the licenses used, names the authors, and links
    to the places where it is used.

    Nokia gratefully acknowledges these and other contributions
    to Qt. We recommend that programs that use Qt also acknowledge
    these contributions, and quote these license statements in an
    appendix to the documentation.

    See also: \l{Licenses for Fonts Used in Qt for Embedded Linux}

    \generatelist legalese

    \hr

    Copyright (C) 2000-2004, International Business Machines\br
    Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.\br
    Copyright (C) 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
    software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
    without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
    merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
    to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above copyright notice(s)
    and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and that both the above
    copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
    INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER
    OR HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR
    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
    PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

    Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in
    advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software
    without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.

    \list
    \o Parts of WebKit used by the QtWebKit module
    \endlist

    \hr

    Copyright (c) 1998 by Bjorn Reese <breese@imada.ou.dk>

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
    purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
    copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHORS AND
    CONTRIBUTORS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IN ANY CONCEIVABLE MANNER.

    \list
    \o Parts of the QCrashHandler class
    \endlist

    \hr

    Parts of the FreeType projects have been modified and put into Qt
    for use in the painting subsystem. These files are ftraster.h,
    ftraster.c, ftgrays.h and ftgrays.c. The following modifications
    has been made to these files:

    \list
    \i Renamed FT_ and ft_ symbols to QT_FT_ and qt_ft_ to avoid name
    conflicts in \c{qrasterdefs_p.h}.
    \i Removed parts of code not relevant when compiled with
    _STANDALONE_ defined.
    \i Changed behavior in \c{ftraster.c} to follow X polygon filling
    rules.
    \i Implemented support in \c{ftraster.c} for winding / odd even
    polygon fill rules.
    \i Replaced bitmap generation with span generation in \c{ftraster.c}.
    \i Renamed \c{ftraster.h} as \c{qblackraster_p.h}.
    \i Renamed \c{ftraster.c} as \c{qblackraster.c}.
    \i Renamed \c{ftgrays.h} as \c{qgrayraster_p.h}.
    \i Renamed \c{ftgrays.c} as \c{qgrayraster.c}.
    \endlist

    See \c src/3rdparty/freetype/docs/FTL.txt and \c
    src/3rdparty/freetype/docs/GPL.txt for license details.

    \hr

    Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987  X Consortium

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
    the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
    in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
    OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
    OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
    ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
    OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

    Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
    not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
    other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
    from the X Consortium.

    \list
    \o Parts of the Q3PolygonScanner class used in Qt for Embedded Linux
    \endlist

    \hr

    Copyright 1987 by Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.

                            All Rights Reserved

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
    documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
    provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
    both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
    supporting documentation, and that the name of Digital not be
    used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
    software without specific, written prior permission.

    DIGITAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
    ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL
    DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
    ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
    WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
    ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
    SOFTWARE.

    \list
    \o Parts of the Q3PolygonScanner class used in Qt for Embedded Linux
    \endlist

    \hr

    Copyright 1985, 1987, 1998  The Open Group

    Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
    documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
    the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
    copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
    documentation.

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    OPEN GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
    AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
    CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

    Except as contained in this notice, the name of The Open Group shall not be
    used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
    in this Software without prior written authorization from The Open Group.

    \list
    \o Parts of the internal QKeyMapper class on X11 platforms
    \endlist

    \hr

    pnmscale.c - read a portable anymap and scale it

    Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
    documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
    that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
    copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
    documentation.  This software is provided "as is" without express or
    implied warranty.

    \list
    \o Parts of the internal QImageSmoothScaler::scale() function use code
    based on pnmscale.c by Jef Poskanzer.
    \endlist
*/

/*!
    \page licenses-fonts.html
    \title Licenses for Fonts Used in Qt for Embedded Linux
    \ingroup qt-embedded-linux
    \ingroup licensing
    \brief Information about the licenses of fonts supplied with Qt for Embedded Linux.

    The fonts supplied with Qt for Embedded Linux have been obtained under a
    variety of different licenses listed below.

    \tableofcontents

    See also: \l{Other Licenses Used in Qt}

    \section1 Adobe Helvetica

    Copyright 1984-1989, 1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
    Copyright 1988, 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation.

    Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be
    registered in certain jurisdictions.
    Permission to use these trademarks is hereby granted only in
    association with the images described in this file.

    Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
    and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
    granted, provided that the above copyright notices appear in all
    copies and that both those copyright notices and this permission
    notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of
    Adobe Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation not be used in
    advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
    without specific, written prior permission.  Adobe Systems and
    Digital Equipment Corporation make no representations about the
    suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as
    is" without express or implied warranty.

    \section1 Adobe Utopia

      Permission to use, reproduce, display and distribute the listed
      typefaces is hereby granted, provided that the Adobe Copyright notice
      appears in all whole and partial copies of the software and that the
      following trademark symbol and attribution appear in all unmodified
      copies of the software:

            Copyright (c) 1989 Adobe Systems Incorporated
            Utopia (R)
            Utopia is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated

    The Utopia font
    Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All Rights
    Reserved.Utopia is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
    Incorporated.

    \section1 Babelfish

    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_licenses.qdoc 1

    \section1 Bigelow & Holmes Luxi

    Luxi fonts copyright (c) 2001 by Bigelow & Holmes Inc. Luxi font 
    instruction code copyright (c) 2001 by URW++ GmbH. All Rights 
    Reserved. Luxi is a registered trademark of Bigelow & Holmes Inc.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining 
    a copy of these Fonts and associated documentation files (the "Font 
    Software"), to deal in the Font Software, including without 
    limitation the rights to use, copy, merge, publish, distribute, 
    sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Font Software, and to permit 
    persons to whom the Font Software is furnished to do so, subject to 
    the following conditions:

    The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice 
    shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software.

    The Font Software may not be modified, altered, or added to, and in 
    particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may not 
    be modified nor may additional glyphs or characters be added to the 
    Fonts. This License becomes null and void when the Fonts or Font 
    Software have been modified.

    THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF 
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT 
    OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL 
    BIGELOW & HOLMES INC. OR URW++ GMBH. BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES 
    OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, 
    INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF 
    CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR 
    INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT 
    SOFTWARE.

    Except as contained in this notice, the names of Bigelow & Holmes 
    Inc. and URW++ GmbH. shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to 
    promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font Software without 
    prior written authorization from Bigelow & Holmes Inc. and URW++ GmbH.

    For further information, contact:

    info@urwpp.de
    or
    design@bigelowandholmes.com

    \section1 Bitstream Charter and Courier

    (c) Copyright 1989-1992, Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA.

    You are hereby granted permission under all Bitstream propriety rights
    to use, copy, modify, sublicense, sell, and redistribute the 4 Bitstream
    Charter (r) Type 1 outline fonts and the 4 Courier Type 1 outline fonts
    for any purpose and without restriction; provided, that this notice is
    left intact on all copies of such fonts and that Bitstream's trademark
    is acknowledged as shown below on all unmodified copies of the 4 Charter
    Type 1 fonts.

    BITSTREAM CHARTER is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc.

    \section1 Bitstream Vera

    Copyright (c) 2003 by Bitstream, Inc.

    All Rights Reserved.

    Bitstream Vera is a trademark of Bitstream, Inc.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
    a copy of the fonts accompanying this license ("Fonts") and associated
    documentation files (the "Font Software"), to reproduce and distribute
    the Font Software, including without limitation the rights to use,
    copy, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Font
    Software, and to permit persons to whom the Font Software is furnished
    to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright and trademark notices and this permission notice
    shall be included in all copies of one or more of the Font Software
    typefaces.

    The Font Software may be modified, altered, or added to, and in
    particular the designs of glyphs or characters in the Fonts may be
    modified and additional glyphs or characters may be added to the
    Fonts, only if the fonts are renamed to names not containing either
    the words "Bitstream" or the word "Vera".

    This License becomes null and void to the extent applicable to Fonts
    or Font Software that has been modified and is distributed under the
    "Bitstream Vera" names.

    The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but
    no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by
    itself.

    THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
    OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
    BITSTREAM OR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
    OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
    OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT
    SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.

    Except as contained in this notice, the names of Gnome, the Gnome
    Foundation, and Bitstream Inc., shall not be used in advertising or
    otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Font
    Software without prior written authorization from the Gnome Foundation
    or Bitstream Inc., respectively. For further information, contact:
    fonts at gnome dot org.

    \omit
    http://www.gnome.org/fonts/#Final_Bitstream_Vera_Fonts
    \endomit

    See also:
    \l{http://www.bitstream.com/font_rendering/products/dev_fonts/vera.html}{Vera Open Source Fonts}

    \section1 Cursor

    The Cursor font is distributed with the following declaration:

    \e{Copyright (c) 2000 XFree86, Inc.}

    \section1 DejaVu Fonts

    DejaVu fonts come with the following copyright statement:

    Fonts are (c) Bitstream (see below). DejaVu changes are in public domain. Glyphs imported from Arev fonts are (c) Tavmjung Bah (see below)

    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_licenses.qdoc 2

    \section1 Fixed Fonts

    The 5x7 and 6x13 fonts each contain the following copyright notice:

    \e{Public domain font.  Share and enjoy.}

    \section1 IBM Courier

    IBM Courier - Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 1990, 1991

    You are hereby granted permission under the terms of the IBM/MIT X Consortium
    Courier Typefont agreement to execute, reproduce, distribute, display, market,
    sell and otherwise transfer copies of the IBM Courier font to third parties.

    The font is provided "AS IS" without charge.  NO WARRANTIES OR INDEMNIFICATION
    ARE GIVEN, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    \section1 Micro

    The Micro font contains the following copyright notice:

    \e{Public domain font.  Share and enjoy.}

    \section1 Unifont

    The Unifont font was originally obtained from
    \l{http://www.czyborra.com/}{Roman Czyborra} under the following license:

    \e{All of my works you find here are freeware. You may freely copy, use, quote,
    modify or redistribute them as long as you properly attribute my contribution
    and have given a quick thought about whether Roman might perhaps be interested
    to read what you did with his stuff. Horizontal rules don't apply.}
*/