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<B>andre999</B>
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<I>Sat Jun 4 04:23:07 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Ahmad Samir a écrit :
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</I>><i> On 31 May 2011 16:38, Romain d'Alverny<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">rdalverny at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
</I>>><i> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 16:31, andre999<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">andr55 at laposte.net</A>> wrote:
</I>>>><i> Michael Scherer a écrit :
</I>>>>><i> Supixel rendering, there is a patent on it :
</I>>>>><i> <A HREF="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2006-09/msg00064.html">http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2006-09/msg00064.html</A>
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> The reference is from September 2006, almost 5 years old. There is no
</I>>>><i> indication of expiry dates, and rather limited details on the patent claims
</I>>>><i> involved, apparently now held by Microsoft. (The further link to Microsoft
</I>>>><i> is no longer valid.)
</I>>>><i> It would seem advisable to have more info before making a decision.
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</I>>><i> And you're welcome to search for it and document this situation. Such as with:
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</I>>><i> * <A HREF="http://www.freetype.org/patents.html">http://www.freetype.org/patents.html</A>
</I>>><i> * <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents</A>
</I>>><i> * <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents</A>
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Said patents are due to expire in 2018/19 according to these sources.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Romain
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</I>><i> One more source, the all very-extensive
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://david.freetype.org/cleartype-patents.html">http://david.freetype.org/cleartype-patents.html</A>
</I>><i> written by the freetype upstream lead dev.
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Ok, so a wiki page on outstanding patents would be good.
... another item on my to-do list :)
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