Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Update to 2.1.10.Reduces memory usage, increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.

[Fero Vlkolinsky]

at the end - you'll be compiling different language versions for each country
wouldn't you? So why not having all the possible 
code there as well?




K wrote:
>   Casper Hornstrup wrote:
>  
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of erick
> > > Sent: 22. juli 2005 04:27
> > > To: ReactOS Development List
> > > Cc: ros-svn(a)reactos.com
> > > Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Update to 2.1.10.Reduces
> > > memory usage,
> > > increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Steven Edwards wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >  And before anyone else tries to debate with me
> > > > patents and the EU I
> > > > recommend looking up the following patents.
> > > >
> > > > UK 2232861
> > > > FR 90 05712 
> > > I'll ask a naive question, is it possible to publish through a different
> > > jurisdiction... like OpenBSD and SSH required downloads from certain
> > > non-US countries?
> > >
> > > Erick 
> >
> > The patents only affect the binaries we publish. Since the fonts are so
> > poorly rendered without this, I think we should do what Erick proposed.
> > Release a version with this disabled for people in US, UK, and France and
> > another version with this enabled for the rest of the world. At least for
> > the bootable CD. Just because these 417 million people live in countries
> > that have stupid patent laws, it doesn't mean that the rest of the 6,029
> > million people in the world shouldn't benefit from this. 
>  
>  
>  Just be sure you release an Antarctica version so everyone can get the
>  good stuff.
>  
>  Seriously though, you might want to be careful about this road, it may
>  result in compiling a version for each separate country.
>  
>          -uniQ
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