1 IPA Font License Agreement v1.0 (090305)
3 The Licensor provides the Licensed Program (as defined in Article 1
4 below) under the terms of this license agreement ("Agreement"). Any
5 use, reproduction or distribution of the Licensed Program, or any
6 exercise of rights under this Agreement by a Recipient (as defined in
7 Article 1 below) constitutes the Recipient's acceptance of this
11 Article 1 (Definitions)
13 1. "Digital Font Program" shall mean a computer program containing, or
14 used to render or display fonts.
16 2. "Licensed Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program licensed by
17 the Licensor under this Agreement.
19 3. "Derived Program" shall mean a Digital Font Program created as a
20 result of a modification, addition, deletion, replacement or any other
21 adaptation to or of a part or all of the Licensed Program, and
22 includes a case where a Digital Font Program newly created by
23 retrieving font information from a part or all of the Licensed Program
24 or Embedded Fonts from a Digital Document File with or without
25 modification of the retrieved font information.
27 4. "Digital Content" shall mean products provided to end users in the
28 form of digital data, including video content, motion and/or still
29 pictures, TV programs or other broadcasting content and products
30 consisting of character text, pictures, photographic images, graphic
31 symbols and/or the like.
33 5. "Digital Document File" shall mean a PDF file or other Digital
34 Content created by various software programs in which a part or all of
35 the Licensed Program becomes embedded or contained in the file for the
36 display of the font ("Embedded Fonts"). Embedded Fonts are used only
37 in the display of characters in the particular Digital Document File
38 within which they are embedded, and shall be distinguished from those
39 in any Digital Font Program, which may be used for display of
40 characters outside that particular Digital Document File.
42 6. "Computer" shall include a server in this Agreement.
44 7. "Reproduction and Other Exploitation" shall mean reproduction,
45 transfer, distribution, lease, public transmission, presentation,
46 exhibition, adaptation and any other exploitation.
48 8. "Recipient" shall mean anyone who receives the Licensed Program
49 under this Agreement, including one that receives the Licensed Program
53 Article 2 (Grant of License)
55 The Licensor grants to the Recipient a license to use the Licensed
56 Program in any and all countries in accordance with each of the
57 provisions set forth in this Agreement. However, any and all rights
58 underlying in the Licensed Program shall be held by the Licensor. In
59 no sense is this Agreement intended to transfer any right relating to
60 the Licensed Program held by the Licensor except as specifically set
61 forth herein or any right relating to any trademark, trade name, or
62 service mark to the Recipient.
65 1. The Recipient may install the Licensed Program on any number of
66 Computers and use the same in accordance with the provisions set forth
69 2. The Recipient may use the Licensed Program, with or without
70 modification in printed materials or in Digital Content as an
71 expression of character texts or the like.
73 3. The Recipient may conduct Reproduction and Other Exploitation of
74 the printed materials and Digital Content created in accordance with
75 the preceding Paragraph, for commercial or non-commercial purposes and
76 in any form of media including but not limited to broadcasting,
77 communication and various recording media.
79 4. If any Recipient extracts Embedded Fonts from a Digital Document
80 File to create a Derived Program, such Derived Program shall be
81 subject to the terms of this agreement.
83 5. If any Recipient performs Reproduction or Other Exploitation of a
84 Digital Document File in which Embedded Fonts of the Licensed Program
85 are used only for rendering the Digital Content within such Digital
86 Document File then such Recipient shall have no further obligations
87 under this Agreement in relation to such actions.
89 6. The Recipient may reproduce the Licensed Program as is without
90 modification and transfer such copies, publicly transmit or otherwise
91 redistribute the Licensed Program to a third party for commercial or
92 non-commercial purposes ("Redistribute"), in accordance with the
93 provisions set forth in Article 3 Paragraph 2.
95 7. The Recipient may create, use, reproduce and/or Redistribute a
96 Derived Program under the terms stated above for the Licensed Program:
97 provided, that the Recipient shall follow the provisions set forth in
98 Article 3 Paragraph 1 when Redistributing the Derived Program.
101 Article 3 (Restriction)
103 The license granted in the preceding Article shall be subject to the
104 following restrictions:
106 1. If a Derived Program is Redistributed pursuant to Paragraph 4 and
107 7 of the preceding Article, the following conditions must be met :
110 (1) The following must be also Redistributed together with the
111 Derived Program, or be made available online or by means of mailing
112 mechanisms in exchange for a cost which does not exceed the total
113 costs of postage, storage medium and handling fees:
115 (a) a copy of the Derived Program; and
117 (b) any additional file created by the font developing program in
118 the course of creating the Derived Program that can be used for
119 further modification of the Derived Program, if any.
121 (2) It is required to also Redistribute means to enable recipients
122 of the Derived Program to replace the Derived Program with the
123 Licensed Program first released under this License (the "Original
124 Program"). Such means may be to provide a difference file from the
125 Original Program, or instructions setting out a method to replace
126 the Derived Program with the Original Program.
128 (3) The Recipient must license the Derived Program under the terms
129 and conditions of this Agreement.
131 (4) No one may use or include the name of the Licensed Program as a
132 program name, font name or file name of the Derived Program.
134 (5) Any material to be made available online or by means of mailing
135 a medium to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph may be
136 provided, verbatim, by any party wishing to do so.
138 2. If the Recipient Redistributes the Licensed Program pursuant to
139 Paragraph 6 of the preceding Article, the Recipient shall meet all of
140 the following conditions:
143 (1) The Recipient may not change the name of the Licensed Program.
145 (2) The Recipient may not alter or otherwise modify the Licensed
148 (3) The Recipient must attach a copy of this Agreement to the
151 3. THIS LICENSED PROGRAM IS PROVIDED BY THE LICENSOR "AS IS" AND ANY
152 EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY AS TO THE LICENSED PROGRAM OR ANY
153 DERIVED PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
154 NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
155 PURPOSE, ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR
156 ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXTENDED, EXEMPLARY, OR
157 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO; PROCUREMENT OF
158 SUBSTITUTED GOODS OR SERVICE; DAMAGES ARISING FROM SYSTEM FAILURE;
159 LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF EXISTING DATA OR PROGRAM; LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER
160 CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
161 LIABILITY OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY
162 WAY OUT OF THE INSTALLATION, USE, THE REPRODUCTION OR OTHER
163 EXPLOITATION OF THE LICENSED PROGRAM OR ANY DERIVED PROGRAM OR THE
164 EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
165 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
167 4. The Licensor is under no obligation to respond to any technical
168 questions or inquiries, or provide any other user support in
169 connection with the installation, use or the Reproduction and Other
170 Exploitation of the Licensed Program or Derived Programs thereof.
175 Article 4 (Termination of Agreement)
177 1. The term of this Agreement shall begin from the time of receipt of
178 the Licensed Program by the Recipient and shall continue as long as
179 the Recipient retains any such Licensed Program in any way.
181 2. Notwithstanding the provision set forth in the preceding
182 Paragraph, in the event of the breach of any of the provisions set
183 forth in this Agreement by the Recipient, this Agreement shall
184 automatically terminate without any notice. In the case of such
185 termination, the Recipient may not use or conduct Reproduction and
186 Other Exploitation of the Licensed Program or a Derived Program:
187 provided that such termination shall not affect any rights of any
188 other Recipient receiving the Licensed Program or the Derived Program
189 from such Recipient who breached this Agreement.
194 Article 5 (Governing Law)
196 1. IPA may publish revised and/or new versions of this License. In
197 such an event, the Recipient may select either this Agreement or any
198 subsequent version of the Agreement in using, conducting the
199 Reproduction and Other Exploitation of, or Redistributing the Licensed
200 Program or a Derived Program. Other matters not specified above shall
201 be subject to the Copyright Law of Japan and other related laws and
202 regulations of Japan.
204 2. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of Japan.