LICENSE.md
## A few parts of this project are not in the public domain
### Copyright ownership of Works created by U.S. federal employees
This repository contains both the original design for Google Material Icons (the “Work”, as defined in Section 1 of the Apache 2.0 License) and modifications made by the General Services Administration (GSA). This repository combines the Work and these GSA modifications, which is a “Modified Version” of Material Icons.
This repository also contains both original designs for Source Sans Pro, Merriweather, and Font Awesome (the “Font Software”, as defined in Section 1 of the SIL Open Font License, version 1.1) and modifications made by the General Services Administration (GSA). This repository combines the Work and these GSA modifications, which is a “Modified Version” of Source Sans Pro, Merriweather, Public Sans, and Font Awesome respectively.
As a work of the United States Government, the software modifications made by GSA are not subject to copyright within the United States. Additionally, GSA waives copyright and related rights in its software modifications worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
The Work (as defined in the Apache 2.0 License) and Font Software (as defined in the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1) remains subject to copyright under the respective open source license. The section below lists which works are subject to particular open source licenses.
This Modified Version packaged as `dist/img/sprite.svg` contains both design elements under the Apache 2.0 License and design modifications by GSA released as CC0. It is a “joint work” made of the icon set and modifications combined into a single work.
### Files licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
The Source Sans Pro font files in `packages/uswds-core/src/assets/fonts/source-sans-pro` are a [customized subset](https://github.com/miguelsousa/source-sans-pro-subset) of [Source Sans Pro](https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro) owned by Adobe Systems Incorporated, licensed under the [SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web), and copyright 2010, 2012, 2014 [Adobe Systems Incorporated], with Reserved Font Name 'Source'. All Rights Reserved. Source is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States or other countries.
The Merriweather font files in `packages/uswds-core/src/assets/fonts/merriweather` are the version 2.001 files from [GitHub](https://github.com/EbenSorkin/Merriweather/releases/tag/v2.001) subsetted into Latin and with additional formats generated with [Transfonter](https://transfonter.org/), licensed under the [SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web), and copyright [Sorkin Type Co](www.sorkintype.com) with Reserved Font Name 'Merriweather'.
The Public Sans font files in `packages/uswds-core/src/assets/fonts/public-sans` are licensed under the [SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web). Public Sans is a modification of Libre Franklin, copyright [Impallari Type](www.impallari.com).
### Files licensed under the Apache 2.0 License
The Roboto Mono font files in `packages/uswds-core/src/assets/fonts/roboto-mono` are licensed under the [Apache License Version 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).
The Google Material Icons in `packages/usa-icon/src/img/material-icons-deprecated`, and those packaged as `dist/img/material-icons` are licensed under the [Apache License Version 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).
### Files licensed under the MIT license
The files in `packages/uswds-elements/lib` are from [Normalize.css](https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css), copyright Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, under the [MIT license](https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/LICENSE.md).
#### Full license text for the MIT licensed files:
```
The MIT License (MIT)
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
```
## The rest of this project is in the worldwide public domain
As a work of the United States government, this project is in the public domain within the United States.
Additionally, we waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
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### Contributions to this project
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### Trademark
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