[Mageia-dev] Tainted build

[andre999]

Ahmad Samir a écrit :
>
> On 31 May 2011 16:38, Romain d'Alverny<rdalverny at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 16:31, andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>  wrote:
>>> Michael Scherer a écrit :
>>>> Supixel rendering, there is a patent on it :
>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2006-09/msg00064.html
>>>>
>>> The reference is from September 2006, almost 5 years old.  There is no
>>> indication of expiry dates, and rather limited details on the patent claims
>>> involved, apparently now held by Microsoft.  (The further link to Microsoft
>>> is no longer valid.)
>>> It would seem advisable to have more info before making a decision.
>>
>> And you're welcome to search for it and document this situation. Such as with:
>>
>>   * http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
>>   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents
>>   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents
>>
>> Said patents are due to expire in 2018/19 according to these sources.
>>
>> Romain
>>
>
> One more source, the all very-extensive
> http://david.freetype.org/cleartype-patents.html
> written by the freetype upstream lead dev.

Ok, so a wiki page on outstanding patents would be good.
... another item on my to-do list :)


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André