I think this still depends on the distribution. Fedora, for example, still contains a freetype version with the hinting patch disabled. You need to install free

I think this still depends on the distribution. Fedora, for example, still contains a freetype version with the hinting patch disabled. You need to install freetype-freeworld from a third party repository to enable it. You're right, though. The patents expired in May 2010. [Edit] Source: http://www.freetype.org/patents.html http://www.freetype.org/patents.html