http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441#c1 Wolfgang Rosenauer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jw@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Wolfgang Rosenauer 2010-07-26 07:13:02 UTC --- I don't know the legal status nowadays. Any facts? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441#c4 --- Comment #4 from r b 2010-07-26 16:27:56 UTC --- fyi, @ "ClearType Patents, FreeType and the Unix Desktop: an explanation" http://david.freetype.org/cleartype-patents.html unfortunately, that's dated: 2007-06-01 There's more here: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents I'm getting the sense this is ... not completely clear yet. In any case, I'd suggest the *goal* state needs to be 'clean fonts' ... in/across Opensuse & apps -- e.g. FireFox. How to get there, is up for grabs. Whatever the 'real solution' is, it should be clearly documented. No surprise to anyone that having to do some/all of -- -- use, or not, 'custom' packages -- tweak settings in X11 configs -- change settings in GNOME, KDE & Qt admin panels -- change settings in each app, either runtime or buildtime is less than ideal. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441#c6 Pascal Bleser changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pascal.bleser@opensuse.org --- Comment #6 from Pascal Bleser 2010-07-29 14:14:56 UTC --- [...]

this is with the subpixel libs from Anshul's repos installed, and associated configs. [...] rpm -qa | grep -i freetype freetype2-feature-subpixel-hinting-2.4.1-1016.1.x86_64 libfreetype6-2.4.1-1016.1.x86_64 freetype2-devel-32bit-2.4.1-999.subpixel.20.1.x86_64 libfreetype6-32bit-2.4.1-999.subpixel.20.1.x86_64 freetype2-devel-2.4.1-1016.1.x86_64

That's quite a mixture of packages from Anshul's repository (those with 1016.1) and from the Subpixel repository (those with 999.subpixel). In any case, the Subpixel repository provides everything that's needed. I don't see why Anshul has replicated that in his own repository on the OBS (not entirely sure we can actually keep those packages on the OBS for legal reasons). There is no need to patch cairo any further, as openSUSE 11.3 provides a cairo package that already has all the patches Ubuntu is shipping too. That being said, for Firefox, when using its own build of cairo, there is merely a need to patch that in-tree cairo as well, with the same patches as in the cairo RPM in openSUSE 11.3 (or Factory, for that matter). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625441#c8 --- Comment #8 from r b 2010-07-29 15:46:42 UTC ---

That's quite a mixture of packages

One's 32-bit, the other's 64-bit. Anshul's packages are newer & more recently discussed in light of Ubuntu's successful patches. Hence the interest & testing.

there is merely a need to patch that in-tree cairo as well

Can you clarify how that addresses the legal issue? If having Anshul's patched repos on OBS is questionable for legal reasons, certainly adding those patches to Firefox, also on OBS, will be problematic ... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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