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List:       mesa3d-dev
Subject:    Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Will Mesa/DRI ever support OpenGL 3? - Patent issue
From:       Ian Romanick <idr () us ! ibm ! com>
Date:       2007-10-31 21:49:36
Message-ID: 4728F870.5000406 () us ! ibm ! com
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Allen Akin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 05:30:18PM +0100, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> | However OpenGL 3 will not work out of the box on a new Linus
> | installation. It will not work on a PC that came pre-installed with Linux.
> 
> I'm not working with Khronos these days, so I'm not privy to the
> discussions about including S3TC in OpenGL.  However, based on past
> discussions in the ARB, I don't think we should automatically conclude
> that OpenGL 3 won't work out-of-the-box.  The licensing terms will
> determine what can be done.
> 
> It's possible that the license will permit royalty-free unlimited
> redistribution of decompression code with Mesa, in which case we don't
> have a problem.
> 
> It's possible that the license only applies to hardware implementations,
> in which case Mesa isn't even involved.
> 
> So I'd recommend contacting Khronos and asking what the licensing terms
> are likely to be, when they'll be finalized, and whether there's any
> process to influence them (if they seem to be headed in the wrong
> direction).

The problem is that, as far as I'm aware, the IP in question isn't owned
by Khronos or a member company.  I'll look into this.  I also recommend
that other folks on the list that work for member companies
(*cough*Intel*cough*Nokia*) do the same.
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