Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
US5155805 : 2009-10-13 (17 years from issue date: 1992-10-13)
US5159668 : 2009-10-27 (17 years from issue date: 1992-10-27)
US5325479 : 2012-05-28 (20 years from file date: 1992-05-28)
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2006-11/msg00006.html
claims the third patent actually does not apply to freetype.
So will we have the BCI in F12? :-)
Kevin Kofler