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