On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Egon Ashrafinia <egon.mag...@googlemail.com> wrote: > As I said in IRC ~ 2 Weeks ago, it is very Important that we support S3TC! > > I mean, the main problem is that this is a Software Patent, correct? Always > as I know, only in the United States of America, correct? > > If so, in my opinoin the solution is simple. Let's do it the same as we did > with --texture-float! Dont build it by default but ad a option to build it. > And then every Distribution can decide them self. > An American Distribution will disable it and an european distribution will > disable it. > Why dont we do it like this? I mean this is not a global patent. Even if so, > France wont accept it cause they dont have software patents. ( What a great > State!!! :D ) > > Also, please keep in mind! Without this support, Linux/Gnu will _never_ and > I realy mean _never_ a gaming Plattform. Not now and not in the future! > > Let's do some may critical risks to improve the 3D Power of Gnu/Linux :D
*You* do it then. We already support an external S3TC lib which can be built separately; go convince distros to pick it up. ~ C. -- 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
