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Re: [ft-devel] Apple Patents on font hinting expired?
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Ralph Giles |
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Re: [ft-devel] Apple Patents on font hinting expired? |
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:53 -0800 |
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Russell Hay <address@hidden> wrote:
> 5,155,805: October 13, 2009
> 5,159,668: October 27, 2009
The relevant US patents have expired, but I believe there are
equivalent patents in Canada, Japan and Germany. The truetype hinting
instructions should be free worldwide in May, 2010. See:
http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
FWIW,
-r