C J Fynn va escriure: > [ The only thing there has been any real controversy or concern about > are three Apple patents relating to grid fitting glyph outlines of > TrueType fonts (see: http://www.freetype.org/patents.html ) <snip> > Also AFAIK Apple have never threatned anyone with > enforcement of these patents. ]
Apple did not publicly (AFAIK). As David writes, they are happy signing OEM licenses! Sampo Kaasila (the original designer) did bring out the subject; it was not a direct threat, though, rather casually mentionning that use of Freetype without license for the patents would be illegal. I feel it was fair, by the way, so no pun intended: TypeSolutions' product, T2K, was directly competed by the new-born Freetype. In fact, it was this interview, now seemly vanished, that did make us (Freetype) understand that there was some problem here. Antoine