This is a general explanation of the Protimient End User License Agreement. If after reading this, you still have any problems or questions, or special circumstances, please contact me at .
For the full and uninterrupted EULA please see the End User License Agreement.
"By downloading and/or installing Protimient Fonts software you agree to the following user license terms:"
This is fairly self-explanatory; "if you have bought the font the following applies to you".
"1. Each font is licensed for use on a single printer or output device in conjunction with a maximum of 1 CPUs."
Each computer you intend to use the font on needs a separate license. So, if you buy a font and want to use it on one computer, that's fine, no problem. However, if you want to use it on two computers, say a computer at the office and a computer at home, you should buy two licenses.
"2. Each location and/or entity must purchase a separate license, starting with the first device. An output device is any printer, such as a Linotronic rasterizer, laser printer, or dot-matrix printer, any video display terminal or any other device where display is generated from the font software outlines, such as with the use of Adobe Type Manager, if the font is to be used primarily for display terminals that generate the output, as in a multimedia CD."
This is pretty much the same as number 1 but number 1 is saying "this is what you can do, this license gives you the right to do it" whereas number 2 is saying "this is what you must do, and you shouldn't do anything else". They are basically the same. It's a legal thing...
"3. You are permitted to make a single back-up copy. The Protimient Font Software or documentation may not be sublicensed, sold, leased, rented, lent, or given away to another person or entity."
Again, fairly self-explanatory; you can make a back-up in case you set fire to your hard-drive (or some other such disaster) but you can't give a copy of the font to somebody else (for money or otherwise). That would effectively be counterfeiting. And only very bad people do that.
"4. Except as permitted herein, you may not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, alter or otherwise copy the Protimient Font Software."
In a nut shell: don't mess with the font file. If you did (and you were one of those very bad people I mentioned earlier), you might be tempted to say it was your font and then try and sell it (see number 3). And besides, you might learn my secrets...
"5. The Protimient Font Software may be returned or exchanged only if defective. Defective software will be replaced when accompanied by a valid sales receipt and Protimient is notified within one (1) week of purchase."
If the font doesn't work properly you can return it within a week of buying it. Although, if you're really nice, I will propbably be able to help if it's been more than a week. Also, as a side note, make sure it's not your system that isn't working (in my experience, that is usually the problem).
"6. Any derivative works created by you from the Protimient Font Software, including, but not limited to, software, EPS files, or other electronic works, must be used according to the original licensing terms. This means, for example, that any modified Protimient Font, or any outline information derived from any Protimient Font is still licensed for the same number of devices as the original and may not be sublicensed, sold, leased, rented, lent, or given away without written permission from Protimient. Protimient is not responsible for unauthorized, modified and/or regenerated software or derivative works. This license does not permit any form of embedding or encrypting of Protimient Fonts in digital documents or any other form with the sole exception of embedding the Font Software in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) documents, and solely for the purposes of non-commercial distribution. You hereby agree that the Font Software shall be SUBSET when embedded and the PDF document shall be set as NON-EDITABLE. If Protimient fonts can be extracted, edited and therefore transferred in any way, an additional license is required to account for each recipient of the document and font file(s)."
A "derivative work" is where the outlines of the letters in the font are altered. So setting a chunk of text or making a logo in the font is NOT a derivative work, but taking the letters and putting wings on them or chopping off the serifs, and making it into a font, is a derivative work. If you want wings on your font (god forbid), you must get permission from me and then treat this new winged font under the terms of this license. Also, you shouldn't embed the font into anything except a PDF, and if you do put it in a PDF, it has to be subset (there will be a setting in whatever program you make the PDF from) and non editable (again, there should be a setting). This is because it is possible to extract the font, which basically means anyone who received the file with the embedded font would be able to get a free copy of it. And that's bad for business.
"7. The user of this Protimient font software agrees to credit Protimient as the trademark and copyright owner of the Protimient fonts and list the font names, wherever and whenever design, production, or any other credits are shown."
I want to be famous! Credit me! Like they do in the front of some books and exactly like they don't but should do in movie credits and design award publications. Think about it when you're listing your illustrator and photographer, where would you be without the font?
"8. Any violation by you of this agreement shall cause this license to be terminated. In the event of termination, and without limiting any other remedies which may be available against you, you must immediately return the font software to Protimient and certify that no copy remains in your, or anyone else's possession."
Essentially, what I'm saying here is (in an evil super-overlord voice) "Obey me, or suffer the consequences, human."
"9. Protimient makes no warranties express or implied as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise. Without limiting the forgoing, Protimient shall in no event be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages, including damages from loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, arising out of the use or inability to use the product."
This means that if you use the font in such a way so that it looks rubbish or offensive or some other appalling cock-up, and nobody wants to buy your stuff and you loose money or face imprisonment or some other ghastly predicament, it's not my fault.
I should also point out that none of the explanations offered here are legally binding, so please don't try and sue me.