Re: Xfstt and Sampo Kaasila's patents
- To: "L. Peter Deutsch" <ghost@aladdin.com>
- Cc: sjc@delphi.com, duerr@de.ibm.com, robert.wilhelm@freetype.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Xfstt and Sampo Kaasila's patents
- From: Raul Miller <moth@magenta.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 02:56:23 -0400
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19990727025623.H21210@rdm.legislate.com>
- Mail-followup-to: "L. Peter Deutsch" <ghost@aladdin.com>, sjc@delphi.com, duerr@de.ibm.com, robert.wilhelm@freetype.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199907270319.UAA01495@aladdin.com>; from L. Peter Deutsch on Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:19:28PM -0700
- References: <199907260333.UAA29765@aladdin.com> <[🔎] 19990726225323.A4754@Hal.carpanet> <[🔎] 199907270319.UAA01495@aladdin.com>
> > I don't plan to take any action until I am convinced that xfstt
> > violates the patent.
L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> wrote:
> It is my understanding that any implementation of the TrueType
> hinting machinery violates the patent, since the specification of
> the hint-related "instructions" directly mirrors the claims of the
> patents.
If the coverage is indeed that broad, it's likely that there's prior art.
Then again, without knowing the specifics, it's hard to say...
[Which is to say: without knowing the specifics there's no reason to
believe that there actually is a patent violation.]
--
Raul
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