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Freetype Lands In... Microsoft Office?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the share-well-everyone dept.

phy_si_kal writes "Now Microsoft must love free software. Indeed, Office 2011 for Mac (beta 5 at least) uses Freetype! Somehow they figured out the free software 'clean room implementation' of their own (patented) TrueType technology must better suit their needs."

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  1. Re:What actually happened by Bizzeh · · Score: 0, Troll

    i do realise that, and, no, that isnt ironic, please look up the word irony and stop using it incorrectly. also, im not a GPL moron, i hate the GPL, i actually thing the GPL is a non-free licence has it places more restrictions on a piece of software than an EULA. im a BSD guy. so suck on that

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