Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The OpenGL ARB working group just released an update on its plans on > OpenGL 3 (see opengl.org). > > They intent to make S3TC texture compression part of OpenGL 3. > > S3TC is patented, the patent expires in 2017. > > I suppose this would mean that there will be no free OpenGL > implementation before 2017. The free software community would have to > create it's own 3D API to replace OpenGL.
Mesa has had support for S3TC via an external library for several years now. There's usually ways to work around problems like what you describe. -Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
