Is there any reason why you prefer C# over managed C++?



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Hi Maciej,

If we can target cli:pure, we could as well use the original
sources for the time being.

Thanks for the patent info, but what about the OpenType patents
Adobe holds? I believe OpenType/TrueType are close in definition?

Mike 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Maciej Jagiello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. September 2008 23:49
> An: sharpos-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: Re: [SharpOS Developers] Freetype
> 
> If we get it to compile targeting cli:pure we can try 
> decompiling it to c#, so it could be of some help in porting. 
> But I fear it won't work too well...
> Btw the FreeType's license is 
> original-with-advertising-clause-BSD-like
> (GPL incompatible) dual-licensed with GPLv2 (Linux someone? 
> ;)). Is it possible to apply our GPL w/ CPE if we port it?
> Anyway, I have started TrueType loading. I attached what I 
> have so far as archive if you want to take a look or continue 
> working on it.  Note there's no license header attached yet 
> and there's some code from a Java LGPLed TTF editor in it! I 
> can identify those parts later on if needed.
> 
> ps. Apple's patents for ttf hinting are expiring in a year, 
> am I wrong?
> What a complicated world we live in, mattaku... :D
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm new here so I don't know the status of the project too 
> well. Have 
> > any of you tried to compile Freetype to MSIL? I've spent a 
> couple of 
> > hours and had some amount of success.
> >
> > I don't know what to do about the calls to setjmpor longjmpso I've 
> > just dummied those out. After that I get about 15 
> unresolved externals 
> > that I'm struggling with. Its been a while since I looked 
> at c++, I've 
> > been a c# man for a number of years now. Would anybody be 
> interested 
> > in looking at what I have so far?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Colin
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