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Re: [ft-devel] some ClearType patents expired
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Alexei Podtelezhnikov |
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Re: [ft-devel] some ClearType patents expired |
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Sun, 11 Nov 2018 22:24:27 -0500 |
> Only for Linux, not other OS'es, and FreeType is used on far more than
> just Linux.
Patents expire regardless. From the laundry list here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents>, most have *already*
expired. After January 12 2019 there will be just one active hinting
patent left, after July 30, 2019, there will be no active patents. So
even Solaris can use ClearType rather soon or possibly already.