[Mageia-dev] Tainted build

Sat Jun 4 04:23:07 CEST 2011

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 is no longer valid.)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