A supposedly patent-free suggestion/solution to the curious subpixel rendering in Fedora

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Mon Mar 23 16:47:04 UTC 2009


Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> US5155805 : 2009-10-13 (17 years from issue date: 1992-10-13)
> US5159668 : 2009-10-27 (17 years from issue date: 1992-10-27)
> US5325479 : 2012-05-28 (20 years from file date: 1992-05-28)

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2006-11/msg00006.html
claims the third patent actually does not apply to freetype.

So will we have the BCI in F12? :-)

        Kevin Kofler




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