On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 15:38 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Alexander Brock wrote:
On 02/15/2017 09:14 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" wrote:
It is the other way around: Some Inkscape features are patented (does Spiro ring a bell?)
No, please elaborate.
https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/blob/master/README-RaphLevien
Please note that Raph doesn't explicitly forbid the use of Spiro technology in proprietary software.
Also, this is the only patent that Christoph referred to while mentioning multiple patents.
That would likely be this one:
https://www.google.com/patents/US8520003?dq=Raph+Levien&hl=en&sa=X&a... 0ahUKEwiJg-n645TSAhWNUSYKHQ_gAdsQ6AEIHDAA
Filed 2013, granted 2014, so US only and will probably expire in 2028 (although google's form doesn't say)
Best Regards, Martin Owens