Emils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/10/0252229&from=rss > > "openSUSE 10.2 no longer enables ClearType. (which would improve the > appearance of fonts) The reason given on the openSUSE mailing list for > not enabling it is, 'this feature is covered by several Microsoft > patents and should not be activated in any default build of the > library.' As reported on and discussed, this matter may be connected
The quote comes from the upstream freetype author, see include/freetype/config/ftoption.h: /* Note that this feature is covered by several Microsoft patents */ /* and should not be activated in any default build of the library. */ The default of Freetype2 is to not enable it. We did not change the default of the upstream package - it was enabled in the upstream version we used in 10.1 and it was disabled in the upstream version we used in 10.2. We just never changed the default settings. > to the Microsoft-Novell deal. If so, Novell should have received a > license for the Microsoft patents, assuming the deal covered all > relevant patents. Does the license therefore extend only to SUSE, but > not openSUSE?" We do not have a license for any Microsoft patents, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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