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0 pointsjunon4y ago0 comments

It is owned and maintained by Google and Facebook.

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/main/COPYING

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payamb4y ago· 2 in thread

HarfBuzz is maintained by Behdad Eafahbod who _used_ to work in Google and Facebook.

junonOP4y ago

Doesn't matter who maintains it. It matters who owns copyrights.

dvdkon4y ago

That doesn't matter, since it's FLOSS with an irrevocable licence. That's the great thing about free software.

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guerrilla4y ago

If you read that license, you'll see it's free software. Anyone can fork or maintain it just like was done for over a decade before Google and Facebook were involved.

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