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| 2 | FreeType Patents Disclaimer |
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| 3 | August 1999 |
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| 7 | WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT APPLE OWNS SEVERAL PATENTS RELATED TO THE |
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| 8 | RENDERING OF TRUETYPE FONTS. THIS COULD MEAN THAT THE FREE USE OF |
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| 9 | FREETYPE MIGHT BE ILLEGAL IN THE USA, JAPAN, AND POSSIBLY OTHER |
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| 10 | COUNTRIES, BE IT IN COMMERCIAL OR OPEN SOURCE PRODUCTS. |
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| 12 | FOR MORE DETAILS, WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO GO TO THE FREETYPE |
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| 13 | PATENTS PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: |
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| 15 | http://www.freetype.org/patents.html |
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| 17 | WE WILL NOT PLACE INFORMATION IN THIS FILE AS THE SITUATION IS STILL |
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| 18 | UNDETERMINED FOR NOW. AT THE TIME THESE LINES ARE WRITTEN, WE HAVE |
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| 19 | CONTACTED APPLE'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR |
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| 20 | ANSWER ON THE SUBJECT. |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | PLEASE READ THE `INSTALL' FILE TO SEE HOW TO DISABLE THE ENGINE'S |
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| 23 | BYTECODE INTERPRETER IN ORDER TO BUILD A PATENT-FREE ENGINE, AT THE |
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| 24 | COST OF RENDERING QUALITY. |
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| 27 | --- end of PATENTS --- |
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