[haiku-development] Re: Haiku font rendering is not as good as Linux
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:23:54 +0200
On 2009-08-27 at 17:35:04 [+0200], Michael Lotz <mmlr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A totally different story here is that Ubuntu has the patented hinting
> > as
> > well as the patented sub-pixel rendering turned on. We have turned both
> > off
>
> Sorry, but if Ubuntu can have them on, why exactly can't we? I understand
> that there are patents involved, but we certainly aren't the first to run
> into that problem. How do the Ubuntu guys go about that issue then? Do
> you have to explicitly enable that during installation or download a
> special build to get them?
These are enabled in the default Ubuntu images. My memory may easily fool
me, but do Canonical and Microsoft not have a mutual patent usage thingy
signed?
Best regards,
-Stephan
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