On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Vladimir Vukicevic <vladim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I have a prototype of VR display and sensor integration with the web, > along with an implementation for the Oculus VR. Despite there really being > only one vendor right now, there is a lot of interest in VR. I'd like to > add the web and Firefox to that flurry of activity... especially given our > successes and leadership position on games and asm.js. > Hurrah! I'd like to get this checked in so that we can either have it enabled by > default in nightlies (and nightlies only), or at least allow it enabled via > a pref. However, there's one issue -- the LibOVR library has a > not-fully-free-software license [1]. It's compatible with our licenses, > but it is not fully "free". > I don't think their "Human-Readable Summary" is a very good summary. -- Section 2 says that modifications to the SDK code are not just "shared with Oculus" but Oculus actually owns the copyright to such modifications. If someone patches a Mozilla-tree copy of the code, say to add FreeBSD support, that would kick in. Until now, contributors have always retained copyright over their Mozilla contributions. -- Section 3.1 prohibits use of the SDK with any hardware not approved by Oculus VR. I guess there isn't any hardware in that category right now, but if someone builds compatible hardware, we'd be in a bad situation if we were depending on this code. Have we had any contact with Oculus at all over these issues? Rob -- Jtehsauts tshaei dS,o n" Wohfy Mdaon yhoaus eanuttehrotraiitny eovni le atrhtohu gthot sf oirng iyvoeu rs ihnesa.r"t sS?o Whhei csha iids teoa stiheer :p atroa lsyazye,d 'mYaonu,r "sGients uapr,e tfaokreg iyvoeunr, 'm aotr atnod sgaoy ,h o'mGee.t" uTph eann dt hwea lmka'n? gBoutt uIp waanndt wyeonut thoo mken.o w _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
