[ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Updateto 2.1.10.Reducesmemory 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 K
> Sent: 22. juli 2005 09:38
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Updateto 2.1.10.Reducesmemory usage,
> increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.
> 
> Casper Hornstrup wrote:
> >
> >>-----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.
> 
> Just be sure you release an Antarctica version so everyone can get the
> good stuff.
> 
> Seriously though, you might want to be careful about this road, it may
> result in compiling a version for each separate country.

Yes. Fortunately we've not come across that many patents that conflict with
our goals (2 in 8 years). ReactOS already "violate" the US SEH patent by using
a frame-based approach to exception handling on a stack, but if we don't
implement it then ReactOS is practically useless. We could choose to release
a version without SEH for US citizens, but so far no one has bothered to do so.

Casper