[Mageia-dev] Tainted build

Sat Jun 4 10:01:12 CEST 2011

On 04.06.2011 05:23, andre999 wrote:
+> 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 is no longer valid.)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 :)
+
+Created:
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=patent_list
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+