Re: Question about Cocoa/Gnustep

[Marciano Siniscalchi]

There are additional potential difficulties, though. Consider the Freetype 
situation. The Truetype specification is "open" (i.e. relatively, if not 
completely, documented). Anybody can write an original implementation; 
however, Apple has patented certain algorithms related to hinting, so 
strictly speaking a native bytecode interpreter for Truetype fonts cannot be 
distributed (and deployed?) without first obtaining a license from Apple.

In principle, Apple (or Sun, or other parties) may hold patents related to the 
implementation of aspects of the OpenStep specification, or (more likely) of 
Cocoa-specific extensions.

Does anybody have any direct info on this? 

M
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Marciano Siniscalchi 
Department of Economics  
Northwestern University