| David Turner | 995ff20 | 2001-06-22 08:45:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| 2 | FreeType Patents Disclaimer |
| 3 | August 1999 |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT APPLE OWNS SEVERAL PATENTS RELATED TO THE |
| 8 | RENDERING OF TRUETYPE FONTS. THIS COULD MEAN THAT THE FREE USE OF |
| 9 | FREETYPE MIGHT BE ILLEGAL IN THE USA, JAPAN, AND POSSIBLY OTHER |
| Werner Lemberg | 56c368c | 2005-06-04 23:00:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | COUNTRIES, BE IT IN PROPRIETARY OR FREE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. |
| David Turner | 995ff20 | 2001-06-22 08:45:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| 12 | FOR MORE DETAILS, WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO GO TO THE FREETYPE |
| 13 | PATENTS PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: |
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| Antoine Leca | 84712cc | 2002-01-21 21:57:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | http://www.freetype.org/patents.html |
| David Turner | 995ff20 | 2001-06-22 08:45:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
| 17 | WE WILL NOT PLACE INFORMATION IN THIS FILE AS THE SITUATION IS STILL |
| 18 | UNDETERMINED FOR NOW. AT THE TIME THESE LINES ARE WRITTEN, WE HAVE |
| 19 | CONTACTED APPLE'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR |
| 20 | ANSWER ON THE SUBJECT. |
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| 22 | PLEASE READ THE `INSTALL' FILE TO SEE HOW TO DISABLE THE ENGINE'S |
| 23 | BYTECODE INTERPRETER IN ORDER TO BUILD A PATENT-FREE ENGINE, AT THE |
| 24 | COST OF RENDERING QUALITY. |
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| 27 | --- end of PATENTS --- |