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Can i get nice font of linux now? Does it include the font rebdering patent?

• athenot 8y ago
  I thought fonts were copyrighted.
  • 0-_-0 8y ago
    This is about rendering, not the font itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType
    • athenot 8y ago
      Ah, thanks for the clarification!
• cyphar 8y ago
  OIN requires that members provide patent licenses for all patents that are part of a "Linux System". So unless there is a ClearType implementation being widely distributed with Linux, then I would assume this doesn't apply. But if someone writes something like that and integrates it into common Linux distributions, then maybe. I feel like this is ripe for (the right kind of) abuse.
• zamalek 8y ago
  You'd also have to get past Apple, I believe.
• another-cuppa 8y ago
  You can get it now with free software and have been able to for many years. What you won't see is a major distro including it.