On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 03:56:58PM +0200, Marek Olšák wrote: [...] > This is the same strategy the FreeType project had. If Linux > distributors want ARB_texture_float (e.g. to get OpenGL 3), they > should obtain the patent or find any other legal way around it,
As an user, I wholeheartedly agree. Also, I was not able to find any patents with a similar name from a patent office other than the USPTO, so it seems this would be a regional restriction. Even funnier, SGI seems to have patented the same thing* twice with the USPTO. (That certainly makes a statement about the USPTO, but it probably doesn't have much legal effect, does it...) (* the abstract is identical word by word, didn't read on after that) -David _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
