Re: [Devel] Apple patents (was `Some numbers smaller than some others')

[Vincent Caron]

On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 12:43, Anthony Fok wrote:
> I maintain the FreeType package for Debian.  I turned on the TrueType
> bytecode interpreter in the Debian's freetype package because I
> personally think that there are prior arts on Apple's patent.  For
> example, I heard that most of the ideas described in the patent can be
> found in TeX, which predates TrueType.
> 
> That is my personal decision, not a conscience decision by the whole
> Debian Project. Over last year, I have received a few queries from
> users about this.  If there is a consensus that I should turn off the
> bytecode interpreter option in Debian, I can always turn it off, albeit
> reluctantly.  ;-)

Thanks for the overview. I fully support your decision, and as a Debian
user I'm begging you for keeping your courageous policy that way :)