-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stephane Marchesin wrote:
> The core issue is that some people do not want to see this code in mesa > in whatever form, because they're afraid of lawsuits. Rumour has it that > VIA told them that they would sue. And the same things happened with SGI > for the float patents by the way. So blame VIA and SGI for their > anti-oss behaviour instead. For example next time you see a motherboard > with a VIA chipset, think twice... The SGI situation is slightly different. SGI *did* sue. http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2006/october/ati.html http://271patent.blogspot.com/2008/08/wd-wis-all-instances-of-materiality.html http://www.patentlit.com/2008/05/02/silicon-graphics-v-ati-is-a-draw/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuwQyEACgkQX1gOwKyEAw8IoQCeIwJRaEZz3BiJIE3kUB+fG4mw R8UAn0+Y1m3WDLGfB7ZznyLrgOrbNeOG =M4I4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
