Mojtaba Hosseini wrote: >Hello everyone, > I had a couple of questions regarding the Xj3D loader. I would like to >see whether it is possible to contribute to its development especially >towards compatibility with MPEG-4. (Perhaps somehow incorporating the >Java3D MPEG-4 BIFS encoder/decoder we have into the loader). However I >have two main questions: > >1) Where can I find the legal documentation of how Xj3D can be used? Who >can use it? Who can make profit off of it? Or better yet, is there >someone who can dumb down the legal jargon so I can understand it? Or at >least give a general idea? I'm interested in this since I am limited by >legalities of the institution I work for and want to see if there is a >way of overcoming those limitations and contribute to the loader. > The license is LGPL. Meaning you can use it in a commerical application as a library just fine. As to who can profit, you can, but we always like custom development projects to spread the wealth :)
> >2) Are there people interested in helping out with the integration of a >Java3D MPEG-4 BIFS codec into the Xj3D loader (if the legal limitations >are overcome)? Or am I on my own on this? > My first pass through the code was that their where problems with the VRML97 parsing. This is definately one area where using the Xj3D project could help you. I tried running the system across some VRML files and didn't get real far. I've been rather busy recently so I haven't had a chance to reall dig into it. If you wanted to take first stabs at integrating with Xj3D that would help. As a standalone project it doesn't work too well with our goals. But as a binary format for Xj3D it would be great. -- Alan Hudson President: Yumetech, Inc. http://www.yumetech.com/ Web3D Open Source Chair http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/source/ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
