[Mageia-dev] Tainted build

[Anssi Hannula]

On 04.06.2011 05:23, andre999 wrote:
> 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 is no longer valid.)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 :)

Created:
http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=patent_list

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Anssi Hannula