Stefan Hundhammer wrote:
On Monday 08 October 2007 16:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
What I dislike is that I need to reconfigure a source rpm in order to make is work, instead of getting it out of the box, ready for work, ready to be enabled and ready to be disabled.
Well, I am sure you read the disclaimer at
http://opensuse-community.org/SubpixelHinting
Nobody likes those legal issues. Neither do we. We really regret that we cannot provide that functionality right out of the box.
People around the world are getting fed-up with the crap that comes from MS, and its host nation. The wording of the "disclaimer" reads: QUOTE 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. UNQUOTE NOTE the "'might' infringe...." in the above. Novell is in bed with MS like a couple of lovers on heat. So why is one afraid of the other (?"big swinging dick"?) of 'upsetting' the one who is not looking up at the ceiling all the time in this relationship? "'might' infringe". Oh, come on! Don't be a bunch of pansies in Novell, and don't come up with "'*might*' infringe" statements,
There is a reason why that web page is not hosted on any Novell server; it might have legal repercussions if we as a company did that.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
"Sorry" is not enough anymore, in this day and age.
Kind regards
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