This license was adapted from the Debian copyright notice provided by Goto Masanori . The Kochi fonts are created by Yasuyuki Furukawa and can be found at http://www.on.cs.keio.ac.jp/~yasu/jp_fonts.html Explanation: The Kochi Gothic and Mincho fonts are based on the Wadalab Gothic and Mincho Ghostscript fonts, which have been released under following license: If you as an individual use the distribution as font as such, or convert it, there is no necessity to inform the Wadalab group. But in case you redistribute it, we request you kindly to forward a note to ftp.ipl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp with the additional information of what has been altered. At that location we also plan to store the upgrade, to give the user the possibility to receive always the latest version. In case you want to point out mistakes in the outline of Kanjis or are not satisfied with the poor design, please do not hesitate to contact tanaka@ipl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp However, Mr. Furukawa used bitmap hinting information from the naga10, shinonome, tachibana k14, and kappa20 fonts to derive these TrueType fonts from the original Wadalab fonts. Mr. Furukawa made this derivation available under the same license as the original Wadalab fonts (see above). The shinonome, tachibana k14, and kappa20 fonts are also all made available under "as-is" licenses. However, the license for naga10 is more restrictive: Copyright and Terms of Usage This font is freeware. The author, Nagao Sadakazu owns the copyright of all the data in this archive. If you use it, please make note of the floowing conditions: 1. The author does not take responsibility for any problems that may be caused by this font. 2. There are no restrictions on the non-profit use and distribution of this font (however, it would be nice if you would clearly note "Uses the Naga 10 font"). 3. Although starting with this version the for-profit use of this font is permiited, please consult with the author if you plan to do this. Distribution and Reproduction 1. Unless you modify this archive, you may freely redistribute it. Distribution of the font files without the accompanying documentation is forbidden. 2. If you wish to distribute these fonts in a form other than BDF, please adhere to the following conditions: (1) You must include the original README file. (2) The same terms of usage and conditions on distribution must apply to the derived work. (3) Notice of the terms referred to in (2) must be distributed in some form. 3. Distribution in printed form, via CD-ROM, etc. is allowed as long as the conditons above are met. Whew! Complicated enough yet? If you need more details about the licensing of this package please see the original Japanese documents installed under /usr/share/doc/kochi-fonts-[VERSION]. Ryan Shaw