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Re:Fedora 25: With Wayland, Linux has never been easier (or ... by udp on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:46PM (#13196630)
Haven't the patents on the hinting stuff expired now? I'm sure I heard that somewhere.
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Re:Fedora 25: With Wayland, Linux has never been easier (or ... by vetinari on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:53PM (#13196700)
Patent problems are not with hinting, but with RGBA filtering (Microsoft calls it Cleartype). Hinting is fine in Fedora.
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