* Hylke Bons [08-03-07 18:56]:

So what, Novell has a patent deal with MS.

WHAT leads you to believe that Novell/openSUSE would violate the GPL? AIUI, the "patent" deal says that they will not sue each other, not that they will violate patents or contracts. YOU read something that is not THERE! -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help@opensuse.org

* Hylke Bons [08-03-07 19:20]:

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AIUI, the "patent" deal says that they will not sue each other,

So it's safe to use. ;)

direct quote from: http://opensuse-community.org/SubpixelHinting The subpixel hinting implementation in freetype2 might infringe Microsoft's ClearType patents, which is why it is disabled both upstream (by the freetype2 authors) and in the freetype2 RPM packages that ship with openSUSE.

Sorry, didn't want to troll and go offtopic.

Guess I still do not understand your former post or this post, then! Looks like the shoes fit. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help@opensuse.org

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One element of the overall GUI of opensuse (and most linux distributions) that I find a little weak are the fonts. I don't know if the subpixel rendering will be enabled but that would be a first good step. I saw the greeter screenshot and it doesn't seem to have Most probably not: http://opensuse-community.org/SubpixelHinting

So what, Novell has a patent deal with MS.

(please don't top-post) And if you had read the patent deal FAQ [1], you'd know that it doesn't prevent MS from suing Novell on patents. [1] http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGs7i6r3NMWliFcXcRAn6TAJ9bfjXOrUsTqmVM6NZWelo3VO0UHACeKBen b82bXpGa1nWY21swHVmf5aE= =13qC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help@opensuse.org