FYI > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike > A. Harris > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Freeglut-developer] contributions and status > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Eric Sandall wrote: > > >Brian Paul said: > >> Right. I think the Linux disto vendors are anxious for this too. > >> > >> -Brian > > > >RedHat especially has been talking about removing glut entirely > from their > >distro due to the licensing and some of the problems that not being able > >to change it may cause. They have also talked about using freeglut as a > >replacement, but the lack of visible releases has them thinking it is > >dead. > > I can comment officially on this for Red Hat. I've already added > freeglut to rawhide about 2-3 weeks or so ago, in hopes people > would start playing with it and any problems could be found > sooner than later, however I haven't yet removed GLUT from > rawhide so that may be counter to my goal. ;o) > > My plan is to have freeglut completely replace GLUT in Red Hat > Linux, as freeglut is truely free software with an acceptable > license, and that is important to both myself as an OSS > developer, and to Red Hat as a company. > > > >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90734 (No access > >anymore, RH seems to have removed read permissions...) > > Yeah, the bug started turning into a complaint center for people > who require GLUT to bitch and whine about my plan of removing > GLUT and replacing it with freeglut, so I killed the bug report > as it no longer served any useful purpose. > > Basically, unless major problems arise, which I majorly doubt, > freeglut is now officially part of Red Hat Linux, and GLUT will > most likely be removed in the next release. I may remove GLUT > now anyway, as it can be added back later if problems arise with > freeglut that aren't fixable in time for our next release. This > would further push people to use freeglut instead as well. > > Any comments/feedback on my plans, etc. would be greatly > appreciated. > > TIA > > -- > Mike A. Harris > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! > INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Freeglut-developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freeglut-developer >
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