RE: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Updateto 2.1.10.Reducesmemory usage, increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of K
>  Sent: 22. juli 2005 09:38
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 16675: - Freetype Updateto
> 2.1.10.Reducesmemory usage,
>  increases speed and fixes drawing bugs.
>  
>  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. 
Yes. Fortunately we've not come across that many patents that conflict with
our goals (2 in 8 years). ReactOS already "violate" the US SEH patent by using
a frame-based approach to exception handling on a stack, but if we don't
implement it then ReactOS is practically useless. We could choose to release
a version without SEH for US citizens, but so far no one has bothered to do so.

Casper