On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 12:52:14PM -0700, Corbin Simpson wrote: [force_s3tc_enable] > It is not transparent if applications must opt into using it.
Applications must also opt into using the regular S3TC extension, by using the appropriate texture format constant. No difference there, just a different way of doing it. > Please go ask distributions to pick this up; we aren't going to do it > without the legal issues being cleared up. All I'd be asking for is a link to it as an alternate implementation of libtxc_dxtn on http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC (immutable page). Possibly with a text like "An alternate implementation using a restricted format subset of S3TC to possibly evade the aforementioned patent problems is available on https://github.com/divVerent/s2tc/ - however, even though it is plausible, Mesa or DRI give no guarantee that using this does not violate any less patent claims than the full implementation of libtxc_dxtn does, so please consult a lawyer if unsure." Without that, it'll be hard for me to get distros interested in it. _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
