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On 06/21/2012 02:33 AM, pgajdos@xxxxxxx
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:56:14PM -0500, Infinality wrote:like OpenSUSE are planning on using subpixel hinting by default now that it'sHmm, I have packaged fontconfig-infinality for users that are able to compile Freetype with subpixel rendering. We surely cannot ship this library with subpixel hinting support compiled in if this is covered by patents as described for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents So strict lawyer's clarification is needed here. I'm certainly no lawyer, but my understanding is that subpixel related patents have expired: http://www.freetype.org/patents.html |
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