--enable-float-formats should be fine. Stop messing with S3TC. I think things like my previous attempt to language-lawyer S3TC compatibility in without any patented code are a better use of time than silly patches to shoehorn it in to the detriment of the rest of us.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Jon Severinsson <j...@severinsson.net> wrote: > At Mon Mar 7, 2011 at 09:59:08, Jose Fonseca wrote: >> First, I don't agree with a one-size-fits-all enable-patented flag at all. > Would something like --enable-patented=floating,s3tc (with plain --enable- > patented enabling all of it for those of us in jurisdictions without swpat) > work for you? > > At Mon Mar 7, 2011 at 09:59:08, Jose Fonseca wrote: >> And I agree with Dave -- the current dynamic library approach is much >> better. > Well, except that floating can't be (easily) implemented using it, and if you > are going to recompile mesa anyway... > > At Mon Mar 7, 2011 at 09:59:08, Jose Fonseca wrote: >> So let's not put everything in the same basket, and focus on the issue at >> hand, the floating point feature. > Of course, this was intended for action after floating was merged. > > At Mon Mar 7, 2011 at 11:04:08, Dave Airlie wrote: >> Not sure what country you are in (I'm guessing France) that doesn't >> but the float patent texture is for hw/sw and isn't a swpat, so I'm >> guessing EU law applies just as much. > If the float patent isn't a swpat, why hide it behind --enable-patented at > all? > If it a hwpat only the hw can infringe, and a licence for the hw is presumably > taken care of by the hw vendor. If Mesa (a pure sw product) is able to > infringe on it, it is (at least partly) a swpat, and as such not > valid/enforceable in most of the world (standard IANAL disclaimer applies). > > If the floating2 branch can be merged into master without an > --enabled-patented > switch the entire rationale for this patch series disappears (at least for > now). > > Regards > Jon Severinsson > _______________________________________________ > mesa-dev mailing list > mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev > -- When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? ~ Keynes Corbin Simpson <mostawesomed...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
