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Can i get nice font of linux now? Does it include the font rebdering patent?



OIN requires that members provide patent licenses for all patents that are part of a "Linux System". So unless there is a ClearType implementation being widely distributed with Linux, then I would assume this doesn't apply.

But if someone writes something like that and integrates it into common Linux distributions, then maybe. I feel like this is ripe for (the right kind of) abuse.


You'd also have to get past Apple, I believe.


I thought fonts were copyrighted.


This is about rendering, not the font itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType


Ah, thanks for the clarification!


You can get it now with free software and have been able to for many years. What you won't see is a major distro including it.




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