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| author | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2010-07-04 07:37:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> | 2010-07-04 07:37:56 +0200 |
| commit | 6bbbbc1523a3a4f81aac30d7a538875546ca4b9c (patch) | |
| tree | af4a7acb4c8f7051ceffd333589948a545f0295c /devel | |
| parent | ce27fd56fab737dadc1780bbfb0c6b192cfa6d8b (diff) | |
| download | freetype2-6bbbbc1523a3a4f81aac30d7a538875546ca4b9c.tar.gz | |
TrueType hinting is no longer patented.
* include/freetype/config/ftoption.h, devel/ftoption.h
(TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER): Define.
(TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING): Undefine.
* docs/CHANGES, docs/INSTALL, include/freetype/freetype.h: Updated.
* docs/TRUETYPE, docs/PATENTS: Removed.
Diffstat (limited to 'devel')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/ftoption.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/devel/ftoption.h b/devel/ftoption.h index 9c6c2fe45..058601e4c 100644 --- a/devel/ftoption.h +++ b/devel/ftoption.h @@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER /*************************************************************************/ /* */ /* Define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER if you want to compile */ - /* a bytecode interpreter in the TrueType driver. Note that there are */ - /* important patent issues related to the use of the interpreter. */ + /* a bytecode interpreter in the TrueType driver. */ /* */ /* By undefining this, you will only compile the code necessary to load */ /* TrueType glyphs without hinting. */ @@ -504,10 +503,13 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER /* */ /* If you define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING, a special version */ /* of the TrueType bytecode interpreter is used that doesn't implement */ - /* any of the patented opcodes and algorithms. Note that the */ - /* TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING macro is *ignored* if you define */ - /* TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER; in other words, either define */ - /* TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER or */ + /* any of the patented opcodes and algorithms. The patents related to */ + /* TrueType hinting have expired worldwide since May 2010; this option */ + /* is now deprecated. */ + /* */ + /* Note that the TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING macro is *ignored* */ + /* if you define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER; in other words, */ + /* either define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER or */ /* TT_CONFIG_OPTION_UNPATENTED_HINTING but not both at the same time. */ /* */ /* This macro is only useful for a small number of font files (mostly */ |