On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 15:19, Dalibor Topic wrote:
According to the page above, there was once a free implementation of java3d available at http://members.linuxstart.com/~jfreed/ but it doesn't seem toexist any more. Fortunately, archive.org has saved a copy of the page on http://web.archive.org/web/20001012122624/http://members.linuxstart.com/~jfreed/
Jean-Christophe Taveau has been last seen on the newsgroups here http://groups.google.com/groups?q=jc.taveau&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3DF9A91A.8070907%40pobox.com&rnum=1
Maybe worth looking at if I can still contact him.
Regarding legal things, java3d seems to be covered by some patents. See http://www.3dcompression.com/patents.phtml for details. I have no idea how important 3d compression is for Java3d, but since you asked ;)
Good point. How does existing Free Software deal with patents? I know OpenSSL provides some patented algorithms, leaving it up to the user to provide licenses if necessary or not compile them. And, yes, I know what a huge pain in the ass they are -- I've been doing my own bit to try and stop us getting software patents here in the UK. Would we never be able to fully implement Java 3D due to patents? This being a heavy research area, no doubt more than 3D compression is covered.
I guess the most commong approach is: don't look at patents, avoid them if they somehow get brought up in your face. See http://lwn.net/Articles/7636/ for Linus' take on it. :)
cheers, dalibor topic
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