On Friday 15 June 2007 18:36, Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > Hi, > > Somewhere on the net a read that the MS patents (in that regards all > US patents) does not apply outside US. Is that true?!!? > > My issue is to decide if I can enable sub pixel hinting or not?
What do you think might happen if you do enable it? If you guessed "nothing other than better font rendering," you're right! I've rebuilt the FreeType package for my 10.0 system to allow this. I'm very picky about fonts, and for my tastes and preferences, it's by far the best to have the hint interpreter on. > Is there any open equivalent to the technology? Patents cover concepts, so if the patent were valid, there'd be no "open equivalent." On the other hand, if "software patent" is an oxymoron to you, then yes. And one name it goes by is "FreeType." Opinions vary on the moral validity of software patents. Thank god, everyone agrees completely on gene patents... > ... Anyway, lest all my tongue-in-check ramblings be misinterpreted, you should feel perfectly free to use and configure the software you have in the way you see fit. That includes rebuilding the FreeType renderer to enable the hint interpreter. > Mohammad Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
