On Fri, 21 May 1999, Christopher R. Bowman wrote:
> >/* Copyright (c) Mark J. Kilgard, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998. */
> >
> >/* This program is freely distributable without licensing fees and is
> > provided without guarantee or warrantee expressed or implied. This
> > program is -not- in the public domain. */
> >
> >
> >Doesn't look to me like you need his permission....
>
> Actually I would say just the opposite. Since it is copyrighted you have no
> rights to do anything except
> 1) those granted to you under the fair use doctrine
> 2) those things the copyright holder allows via a license.
>
> the only license I see is what you provided above which gives you only the
> right to distribute, not to modify (or to run, but one could argue that that is
> a fair use).
I think it's been established (in the case of GLUT) that one does not have
the right to modify.
There is a growing body of people seriously considering doing a rewrite
of GLUT (a 'clone' if you like) under a LGPL license specifically so that
it can be modified.
Steve Baker (817)619-2657 (Vox/Vox-Mail)
Raytheon Systems Inc. (817)619-2466 (Fax)
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