reactos/dll/3rdparty/freetype/docs/PATENTS

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