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  • + GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term agreement to bring high +quality fonts to Free Software. + (12/21/2002) +
    + Ten fonts will be released for use under a special + open license agreement, giving advanced font + capabilities to all free and open source software + developers and users. +
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    January 22, 2002GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term agreement to bring high quality fonts to Free Software.
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    GNOME FOUNDATION AND BITSTREAM INC. ANNOUNCE + LONG-TERM AGREEMENT TO BRING HIGH QUALITY FONTS TO FREE SOFTWARE

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    Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license + agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source + software developers and users.

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+Leslie Proctor                          
+GNOME Foundation                        
+(801)446-4638                           
+proctors@pacbell.net                    
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+Bob Thomas
+Director of Product Management
+Bitstream Inc.  
+(617)520-8376                   
+bthomas@bitstream.com
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+NEW YORK, New York  January 22, 2003  In a move to
+fill the last remaining gap in font display
+capabilities for open source software, the GNOME
+Foundation has reached an agreement with Bitstream
+(NASDAQ: BITS) to release fonts under an open source
+license.  A total of ten serif, sans serif and
+monospaced fonts will be released under a special open
+source license, after they have been adapted to meet
+the requirements for technical use.  The set of ten
+fonts will bring advanced font capabilities to all
+developers and users of free and open source software.
+
+"The donation of these fonts to the free software
+community is the final piece that will give full
+functionality to projects like Freetype, XFT2 and X
+Render extensions of the XFree86 project, Pango, KDE
+and Trolltechs QT, among many others." said Jim
+Gettys of HP and GNOME Foundation board member. 
+"These fonts will be available to all developers and
+users, giving GNOME and other open source programs a
+great look right out of the box that has been lacking
+until now."
+
+The Bitstream Vera fonts will be available for free
+copying and redistribution and can be modified as long
+as the font name is changed.  The fonts cannot be
+packaged by themselves for sale, but can be sold with
+any software.  The GNOME Foundation will incorporate
+the fonts into future GNOME releases, giving end users
+of all levels, as well as GNOME developers, the
+advanced display capabilities they offer.
+
+"Bitstream has had a long relationship with the
+developer community," explained Bob Thomas, director
+of product management, Bitstream. "Were very happy to
+contribute these fonts to the open source community
+and we hope that developers will generate new fonts
+and continue to enhance the experience of end-users at
+all levels."
+
+"GNOME was created to give free software users a
+friendly, powerful desktop environment," said Miguel
+de Icaza, GNOME Foundation president and CTO of
+Ximian, Inc.  "This agreement with Bitstream will
+enhance the experience and graphics capabilities of
+corporate, enterprise, educational, governmental and
+individual GNOME users and will give powerful tools to
+open source developers everywhere."
+
+"Bitstream's generous donation is a tangible measure
+of the importance and growth of open source," said
+Russ Nelson, VP of the Open Source Initiative. "I
+praise the GNOME Foundations efforts to bring this
+agreement into being."
+
+The agreement between Bitstream and the GNOME
+Foundation will bring invaluable tools to open source
+developers and users worldwide.
+
+URLs of Organizations Listed in this Press Release
+Bitstream: http://www.bitstream.com
+GNOME: http://www.gnome.org
+Freetype: http://www.freetype.org
+KDE: http://www.kde.org
+Open Source Initiative: http://www.opensource.org
+Pango: http://www.pango.org
+Trolltech: http://www.trolltech.com
+XFree86: http://www.xfree86.org
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+About GNOME
+GNOME is a free software project that is developing a
+complete, easy to use desktop for GNU/Linux (more
+commonly known as Linux), BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and a
+variety of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
+ The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people
+around the world.  More than 700 computer developers,
+including over 100 full-time, paid developers,
+contribute their time and effort to the project.
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+About the GNOME Foundation
+Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and
+industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an
+organization committed to supporting the advancement
+of GNOME. The Foundation provides organizational,
+financial and legal support to the GNOME project and
+helps determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME is an
+entirely free user environment for desktops, networked
+servers and portable Internet devices.  The modern
+architecture and design of GNOME includes a
+technically advanced application development platform
+and a powerful end-user desktop environment.  Major
+leading software industry and computer manufacturers
+support the GNOME development effort, which is led by
+a worldwide community of volunteers.  More information
+on GNOME is available at www.gnome.org.
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+About Bitstream
+Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer
+of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font
+designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDocŪ
+and Font Fusion technologies to Web and application
+developers, and to manufacturers of information
+appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top
+boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the
+standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream
+holds numerous key patents in the U.S. that cover the
+creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building
+on this experience, Bitstream has released
+ThunderHawk, a breakthrough technology for the
+wireless Web.
+
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+Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and
+Font Fusion, MyFonts.com, ThunderHawk, and Vera are
+trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and
+brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
+their respective companies.
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