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+The bitmap fonts in this directory are copyright B&H Inc. and Y&Y Inc.
+and distributed under the following exception to the Lucent license:
+
+   No right is granted to create derivative works of or
+   to redistribute (other than with the Plan 9 Operating System)
+   the screen imprinter fonts identified in subdirectory
+   /lib/font/bit/lucida and printer fonts (Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida
+   Sans Italic, Lucida Sans Demibold, Lucida Typewriter, Lucida Sans
+   Typewriter83), identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/postscript/font.
+   These directories contain material copyrights by B&H Inc. and Y&Y Inc.
+
+(Of course, X11 already distributes non-Unicode versions of these fonts.)
+