FAZEKAS Miklos wrote:
> What is the license is valid on the CVS tree?
There should be a file in the Mesa/docs directory with a list of Mesa
sub-systems (Mesa core, demos, FX driver, etc.) and the kind of license
used for each sub-system.
> Particulary the FX driver?
The FX driver is under Gnu Library GPL.
> The fxrender.c file for example, still contains the GNU license header.
I'm not actively working to the driver any more so I don't know the
status of the latest sources, however (at least from a formal point of
view) all the FX driver sources must includes the GNU license header. It
is required by the GPL. If someone has included a patch or a file with
another kind of license, she/he is violating GPL license of the driver
(from a _formal_ point of view) and the copyright of the authors.
I have discussed with Brian the problem of the FX driver license some
time ago (at the time of the Mesa license shift). We both agree to not
change the license because:
1) Only the Mesa core was going to be included in XFree so a FX Driver
license shift wasn't required;
2) I like the GPL;
3) Many other people have sent me patches, bug fixes, ecc. under this
license;
Today (Miklos, is your request related to the PI's problem ?), I have
received an email from Frank LaMonica (PrecisionInsight) asking for a
license shift. Frank asks me to shift the FX driver from GPL to an
XFree86's BSD style license (I think in order to include a dirver for
the Voodoo3 in the next XFree release).
I would like to left the driver under GPL because IMHO is a very good
solution for software developed in spare time and by several people.
However, I guess the FX driver license is becoming an obstacle for the
XFree Voodoo3 driver so I'm ready to change the license if it is really
required.
BTW, I'm not sure if I have the right to change the FX driver license
(it includes the code written by other people).
BTW2, where can I read the XFree86's BSD license ? I have only a raw
idea of what it is.
BTW3, I would like to read the opinions of others FX driver developer
about this problem.
> Is it a bug or the FX driver is only under GPL license?
Yes, it is under GPL.
David
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