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koenigdavidmj
on Sept 30, 2010
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Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Release Candidate
FreeType has enabled the bytecode interpreter; those patents have all expired.
http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
Unless you are talking about a different set of patents.
koenigdavidmj
on Oct 1, 2010
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Looks like it is too late to edit my own comment. There are indeed two bunches of patents: Apple's (bytecode interpreter) have expired, but Microsoft's (ClearType's subpixel rendering method) have not.
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http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
Unless you are talking about a different set of patents.