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Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others')
From: |
Vadim Plessky |
Subject: |
Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others') |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:28:06 +0400 |
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On Thursday 20 June 2002 12:33 pm, Vincent Caron wrote:
| On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 21:50, Sebastien BARRE wrote:
| > I mean, we will redistribute Freetype inside VTK
| > (http://www.visualizationtoolkit.org/), which is OpenSource. Still, what
| > would allow us to enable it ? I'm confused by that issue.
Tip: use PostScript Type1 fonts.
Freetype has very good support for those fonts.
And you don't need TT Bytecode interpreter in such case! :-)
|
| I must admit I'm a bit confused myself. I'm wondering if the restriction
| apply when redistributing source code implementing a patented process,
| when actively choosing to use the patented process or not a compile
| time, or when using the resulting binary code. Since the patented
| TrueType instructions are still present in FT2's source code, I wonder
| how a macro can remove the patent restriction.
|
| Seeing Mandrake's or RedHat's RPMs of FreeType compiled with the
| TrueType bytecode interpreter, I could only think they purchased a
AFAIK Mandrake's FreeType RPM compiled without TrueType ByteCode interpreter
turned On.
But Debian enabled thit TT Bytecode interpreter by default.
| license from Apple. However Debian also ships FreeType compiled with the
| bytecode interpreter, and they have a definitively clear policy against
| patents.
AFAIK you can download it from mirrors outside US.
apt-get effectively allows this.
As about mandrake - you can get RPMs with Interpreter enabled downloading
TexStar RPMs. (not Mandrake official ones)
|
| It seems that Apple is just plainly tolerant for now, we are evidently
| an important figure of people using FreeType and the full bytecode
| interpreter without paying a fee to them. However, as said in FreeType's
| 'patent issue' page, they enjoy new revenues thru licensing and can't be
| unhappy about TrueType technology being available everywhere for
| everyone.
IMO the Right Way is enhance PostScript auto-hinter and support for PostScript
Type1 fonts. SanSerif fonts are rendering fine in my FT 2.0.9, Serif'ed fonts
support needd enhancement.
David Turner promised to take a look on it *after* FT 2.1.1 release. ;-)
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- [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Sebastien BARRE, 2002/06/19
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Vincent Caron, 2002/06/19
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Werner LEMBERG, 2002/06/19
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Sebastien BARRE, 2002/06/19
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others'), Vincent Caron, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others'),
Vadim Plessky <=
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others'), Anthony Fok, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others'), Vincent Caron, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others'), David Turner, 2002/06/23
- Re: [Devel] Apple patents, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/06/20
Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Sebastien BARRE, 2002/06/19
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Werner LEMBERG, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Sebastien BARRE, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Vadim Plessky, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Werner LEMBERG, 2002/06/20
- Re: [Devel] Some numbers smaller than some others (TTF, Type1), Werner LEMBERG, 2002/06/20