> I believe this has to do to some features in freetype2 they were 
> disabled in MDK 8.2 and newer OOo builds because of possible Apple 
> patents concerning those.

They are US software patents, valid only in the USA.  A Fernch company,
for example (hint hint) would not be affected, as I understand it.

For US residents, you could possibly provide a package,
freetype2-crippled-by-usa-software-patent-law.mdk
or whatever :-)

Liam

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Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
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Author, Open Source XML Database Toolkit, Wiley August 2000
Co-author: The XML Specification Guide, Wiley 1999; Mastering XML, Sybex 2001


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