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How is HarfBuzz heavily dependent on Google? It's been around forever, spawn of FreeType.

• junon 5y ago
  It is owned and maintained by Google and Facebook. https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/main/COPYING https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/main/COPYING
  • payamb 5y ago
    HarfBuzz is maintained by Behdad Eafahbod who _used_ to work in Google and Facebook.
    • junon 5y ago
      Doesn't matter who maintains it. It matters who owns copyrights.
      • dvdkon 5y ago
        That doesn't matter, since it's FLOSS with an irrevocable licence. That's the great thing about free software.
        • junon 5y ago
          That wasn't the point. Yes, you're free to use it. But many of us would like not to depend on Google code.
  • guerrilla 5y ago
    If you read that license, you'll see it's free software. Anyone can fork or maintain it just like was done for over a decade before Google and Facebook were involved.