On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 10:40 AM Nikolaus Waxweiler <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree because I'm principally in favor of removing layers of code, no > matter what for or how it is achieved. > > Also: I just remembered that I never heard back from the RedHat lawyer > that I or someone else asked to look into the ClearType patent > situation.
The patent status is accessible through either collection of links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType#Patents https://www.freetype.org/patents.html Most of them were filed in 1999, whereas the patent life is 20 years.
