Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 24/10/2007, Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Boy, that just touched a hot button. If Indiana could be structured
>> in such a way that anti-aliasing isn't an optional extra, that would
>> be a qualitative step forward for open-source operating systems. And
>> you'd get cries of joy from a substantial number of obsessive (but
>> influential) thought leaders. -Tim
>
> I think Ubuntu and others leave it enabled and setup so that if you
> choose to enable the "higher quality" option it gives you some legal
> blurb warning and asks if you really want to continue. To me that's
> fine and better than not shipping the option at all.
Anti-aliasing is on out of the box on Nevada and most Linux'es already.
The legal warning is for bytecode hinting, not antialiasing, and at
least Nevada ships with that functionality available if you manually
enable it, though after an appropriate legal admonition to respect
the rights of the patent holders. I don't know what Indiana will
do there.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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