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Re: [opensuse] Opensuse - a MS patent observer?
- From: Stephan Binner <stbinner@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:27:50 +0200
- Message-id: <200704101527.50831.stbinner@xxxxxxx>
On Tuesday, 10. April 2007 15:06:43 Emils wrote:
> "openSUSE 10.2 no longer enables ClearType. (which would improve the
The upstream freetype (no longer?) enables it by default, and afaik SUSE has
always used the upstream freetype compilation options.
> The reason given on the openSUSE mailing list for not enabling it is, 'this
Which was just a quote of an include header of Freetype.
> As reported on and discussed, this matter may be connected to the Microsoft
> Novell deal. If so, Novell should have received a license for the Microsoft
> patents, assuming the deal covered all relevant patents. Does the license
> therefore extend only to SUSE, but not openSUSE?"
The deal is simply not about allowing usage/introduction of patents. Period.
Bye,
Steve
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> "openSUSE 10.2 no longer enables ClearType. (which would improve the
The upstream freetype (no longer?) enables it by default, and afaik SUSE has
always used the upstream freetype compilation options.
> The reason given on the openSUSE mailing list for not enabling it is, 'this
Which was just a quote of an include header of Freetype.
> As reported on and discussed, this matter may be connected to the Microsoft
> Novell deal. If so, Novell should have received a license for the Microsoft
> patents, assuming the deal covered all relevant patents. Does the license
> therefore extend only to SUSE, but not openSUSE?"
The deal is simply not about allowing usage/introduction of patents. Period.
Bye,
Steve
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