Naughty Red Hat !!! > OS wrote: > Non document fonts in Open Office look really bad, but on RH 7.2 at work > they look just fine. > That's because Redhat ships with a bytecode-interpreter-enabled freetype > . The bytecode interpreter is patented by Apple, and thus this is > actually illegal, unless Redhat has negotiated a blanket license for all > people who could ever use redhat. > > Try using a bytecode-interpreter-enabled freetype2 RPM: > Mandrake 8.2: > http://plf.zarb.org/rpm/8.2/i586/freetype2-2.0.9-3plf.i586.rpm > > If you are running cooker, you must rebuild the current freetype2 srpm > with '--with plf' as an argument to your rpm build command. > > You might also want to try an OpenOffice built against the system > freetype2, instead of it's own internal freetype2 with the bytecode > interpreter disabled. > > Mandrake 8.2: > >http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/mandrake8.2/OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm > > You will probably need to reboot to see the difference. > > Evidence of possible patent violation (from Redhat 7.3): > > > [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ rpm -qlp > /mnt/buchanhome/bgmilne/downloads/freetype-2.0.9-2.src.rpm > freetype-2.0.8-compat.patch > freetype-2.0.9.tar.bz2 > freetype-pre1.4.tar.bz2 > freetype.spec > ft2demos-2.0.9.tar.bz2 > ftdocs-2.0.9.tar.bz2 > ttmkfdir-foundrynames.patch > ttmkfdir-gcc31.patch > ttmkfdir-iso10646.patch > ttmkfdir-libtool.patch > ttmkfdir2.tar.bz2 > [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ cat > /home/bgmilne/rpm/SOURCES/freetype-2.0.8-compat.patch > --- include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.compat Fri Feb 22 03:51:37 2002 > +++ include/freetype/config/ftoption.h Fri Feb 22 03:52:47 2002 > @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ > /* By undefining this, you will only compile the code necessary to > load */ > /* TrueType glyphs without hinting. */ > /* */ > -#undef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER > +#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER > > > /*************************************************************************/ > > And, please don't set your reply address if it matches the address you > send from (which serves no purpose), as that messes with the settings of > the mailing list. > > Buchan > > -- > |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
