Interesting angle. I'd say the courts haven't ruled on this. FreeType wasn't created by Microsoft, obviously. It has no license for M's patented tech so it can

Interesting angle. I'd say the courts haven't ruled on this. FreeType wasn't created by Microsoft, obviously. It has no license for M's patented tech so it can't include the code live, period. I presume that FreeType is trying to skirt the law by making it easy for users to break the law without, they hope, being seen as breaking the law themselves. I don't know what the court would decide if Microsoft sued. Presumably FreeType would say that the code was there just to help future programmers catch up when the patent expires. I'm guessing they wouldn't win that one. So, I'm going to say it's not a sufficient example.