All, >> go gadget google! >> >> http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
> So it looks like the problem patents were from Apple, not Adobe, so > unless they have expired also, then no we cannot use the full byte-code > interpreter hinting mechanism in freetype legally. My bad - it was Apple - not Adobe. (Mental error when typing the email). The patents mentioned in the link Stuart provided are the very ones in question. I did google them the other day and found the page that Stuart mentions, and several others like it - but all written several years ago mentioning that the patents are in force. Patents have a terms of 17 years I think - so the 3 key Apple patents (issued in 1989 and 1992) should have all expired by 2009 - ___I think___. Since I couldn't find any definitive answer online I figured the greater minds of the PLUG Collective might shed light on it. Does anybody know about patents? After 17 years are they gone - like completely gone? No chances that Apple might have got an "extension" or anything? Thanks Jeff Moyes /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
