HAIKU_INCLUDE_PATENTED_CODE is now useless

[leavengood]

The HAIKU_INCLUDE_PATENTED_CODE define and its associated configure option --include-patented-code is now useless since freetype has now been moved out into an optional package.

I think it should be removed. But we all know how I feel about the patented code nonsense.

[aldeck]

Either way we need to provide a freetype package with subpixel aa enabled. I had to rebuild freetype from source to get subpixel aa working again here. Appearance preflet needs to be updated too.

[leavengood]

Replying to aldeck:

Either way we need to provide a freetype package with subpixel aa enabled. I had to rebuild freetype from source to get subpixel aa working again here. Appearance preflet needs to be updated too.

Yeah that is on my list, maybe for alpha4. The incorrect text from the Appearance preflet should at least be removed. Also turning on the freetype subpixel filter (FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(fLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT);) really, really improves the rendering.

[scottmc]

We could provide a secondary freetype optionalpackage if desired. What's the specific freetype configure option that you use for enabling this?

[aldeck]

Yes that would be awesome. I'm not on my Haiku box right now, but that should be in freetype2/freetype/config/ftoption.h by uncommenting the define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING.

[scottmc]

added a bep file to Haikuports to build with the subpixel rendering enabled. I'll leave it to someone from a FREE COUNTRY to build and upload the built files for gcc2 and gcc4.

[axeld]

So HAIKU_INCLUDE_PATENTED_CODE is still relevant then -- it should choose the right optional package depending on it It .may still be used in the future for other code in the repository as well.

[anevilyak]

(In #9658) Duplicate of #8935.

[Giova84]

Replying to scottmc:

added a bep file to Haikuports to build with the subpixel rendering enabled. I'll leave it to someone from a FREE COUNTRY to build and upload the built files for gcc2 and gcc4.

I live in Italy. If the patents permit, i can build and upload :-)

[X512]

Since May 2010 patents to subpixel rendering are expired so HAIKU_INCLUDE_PATENTED_CODE is now useless. Subpixel rendering could be enabled without law violation in any country.

Reference: ​http://www.freetype.org/patents.html

[Giova84]

So it's time to enable it in Haiku :-)

[umccullough]

Replying to X512:

Since May 2010 patents to subpixel rendering are expired so HAIKU_INCLUDE_PATENTED_CODE is now useless. Subpixel rendering could be enabled without law violation in any country.

Reference: ​http://www.freetype.org/patents.html

As that page clearly shows - only the hinting patents are free now - the subpixel rendering may likely be covered by the ClearType patents, which it specifies are still in effect and would require using a different color filter to evade.

[X512]

Replying to umccullough:

As that page clearly shows - only the hinting patents are free now - the subpixel rendering may likely be covered by the ClearType patents, which it specifies are still in effect and would require using a different color filter to evade.

Does complete hinting bytecode interpreter enabled by default? Why not to enable this different color filter? This is probably better than nothing...

Also does rendering glyph outlines with subpixel antialiasing by AGG violate patents?

[egrath]

Eventually a proper solution would be to provide two versions of the package: One which has Subpixel Rendering and Hinting disabled and is installed by default. Another one in the repository which has it enabled and can be installed by users who live in a country where there are no software patents (most of the world except US).

[waddlesplash]

Removed in hrev52014.