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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Tainted build</H1>
    <B>Romain d'Alverny</B> 
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    <I>Tue May 31 16:38:07 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 16:31, andre999 &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">andr55 at laposte.net</A>&gt; wrote:
&gt;<i> Michael Scherer a &#233;crit :
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Supixel rendering, there is a patent on it :
</I>&gt;&gt;<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>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> The reference is from September 2006, almost 5 years old. &#160;There is no
</I>&gt;<i> indication of expiry dates, and rather limited details on the patent claims
</I>&gt;<i> involved, apparently now held by Microsoft. &#160;(The further link to Microsoft
</I>&gt;<i> is no longer valid.)
</I>&gt;<i> It would seem advisable to have more info before making a decision.
</I>
And you're welcome to search for it and document this situation. Such as with:

 * <A HREF="http://www.freetype.org/patents.html">http://www.freetype.org/patents.html</A>
 * <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents</A>
 * <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents</A>

Said patents are due to expire in 2018/19 according to these sources.

Romain
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