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License Notes

This license was found on the "charter" texlive 2010 component. It is a Free font license, GPL compatible.

License Text

  This is a copy of the Charter Type-1 fonts which Bitstream contributed
  to the X consortium, renamed for use with TeX.
  
  (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 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.
  TeX metrics, virtual fonts and LaTeX font definition files can be found
  in the archive CTAN:fonts/metrics/freenfss.zip.