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FreeType 2.4 now free from patent restrictions

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“The most important change is probably the demise of legal
hurdles to using the bytecode interpreter for TrueType fonts. The
interpreter significantly improves representation of TrueType
fonts, but had been under patent protection. Consequently,
activating the bytecode interpreter for TrueType fonts had
previously required the corresponding compile option to be
explicitly activated when compiling the library.”


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