Apple has patented the TrueType hinting bytecodes, so font rasterizers such as FreeType 2 do not execute them (by default). Since Java does hint TrueType, it must have a license from Apple, either directly or indirectly. Thus Java applications running on Sun's JVM have such a license, and one could write a new TrueType bytecode interpreter and legally run it. Right? Any lawyers out there?
Tom Phelps
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