[ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Update to 2.1.10.Reduces memory usage, increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.

[Casper Hornstrup]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of erick
> Sent: 22. juli 2005 04:27
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Cc: ros-svn at reactos.com
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Update to 2.1.10.Reduces memory usage,
> increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Steven Edwards wrote:
> 
> > And before anyone else tries to debate with me patents and the EU I
> > recommend looking up the following patents.
> >
> > UK 2232861
> > FR 90 05712
> 
> I'll ask a naive question, is it possible to publish through a different
> jurisdiction... like OpenBSD and SSH required downloads from certain
> non-US countries?
> 
> Erick

The patents only affect the binaries we publish. Since the fonts are so
poorly rendered without this, I think we should do what Erick proposed.
Release a version with this disabled for people in US, UK, and France and
another version with this enabled for the rest of the world. At least for
the bootable CD. Just because these 417 million people live in countries
that have stupid patent laws, it doesn't mean that the rest of the 6,029
million people in the world shouldn't benefit from this.

Casper