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                    FreeType Patents Disclaimer 
                            August 1999 
 
 
 
WE HAVE  DISCOVERED THAT APPLE  OWNS SEVERAL PATENTS RELATED  TO THE 
RENDERING OF TRUETYPE  FONTS.  THIS COULD MEAN THAT  THE FREE USE OF 
FREETYPE  MIGHT BE  ILLEGAL IN  THE USA,  JAPAN, AND  POSSIBLY OTHER 
COUNTRIES, BE IT IN PROPRIETARY OR FREE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. 
 
FOR  MORE DETAILS,  WE STRONGLY  ADVISE YOU  TO GO  TO  THE FREETYPE 
PATENTS PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: 
 
                http://www.freetype.org/patents.html 
 
WE WILL NOT PLACE INFORMATION IN THIS FILE AS THE SITUATION IS STILL 
UNDETERMINED FOR NOW.  AT THE  TIME THESE LINES ARE WRITTEN, WE HAVE 
CONTACTED APPLE'S  LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ARE STILL  WAITING FOR THEIR 
ANSWER ON THE SUBJECT. 
 
PLEASE READ  THE `INSTALL' FILE TO  SEE HOW TO  DISABLE THE ENGINE'S 
BYTECODE INTERPRETER IN ORDER TO  BUILD A PATENT-FREE ENGINE, AT THE 
COST OF RENDERING QUALITY. 
 
 
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