Am Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2003 17:08 schrieb Adam K Kirchhoff:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Jacek [iso-8859-2] Popławski wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:23:17AM -0500, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> > > Now that there are patches available to support S3TC compressed
> > > textures on Radeon cards, are there any plans to integrate those
> > > patches into the DRI source tree?
> >
> > I think there is one little problem:
> >
> > - S3TC included into DRI CVS
> > - DRI CVS copied into XFree86 CVS
> > - XFree86 makes release
> > - RedHat puts new XFree86 in distribution
> > - S3TC patent holder sues RedHat
> >
> > So maybe it's better to put patches/binaries on unofficial websites and
> > in p2p?
>
> Why not just leave it up to RedHat, then, to either leave the code in or
> pull it out?
Very, very true!
That's exactly what I would have suggested.
There are NO "software patents" in the EU (EPÜ) at least here in Germany.
We have asked (S3/VIA etc.) so many times for advice, but haven't had any
definitive answer, even sometimes NO answer at all.
So let's put it in and see "what will happen".
Here in Europe (Germany) the patent "owner" have to "fight" (defend) his
patent. Without that it can be deleted...
Maybe we should host mesa3d and DRI in a "save" country.
Greetings,
Dieter
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