This is OT, however, the ramifications of this affect our entire industry. Oracle has lost their case claiming that APIs can be the basis for copyright infringement. This was a claim we all thought was determined (against them being copyrightable and infringe-able) back in the 80s with the BSD Unix cases.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/ The software development universe is slightly more safe and sane for developers this afternoon as some common sense has been restored. Applicability to OpenGL? If this case had been ruled in Oracle's favor, API clones like Mesa (which implements the same APIs as OpenGL) would be infringing, and could be prosecuted. -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere. [email protected] http://www.alphapixel.com/ Training • Consulting • Contracting 3D • Scene Graphs (Open Scene Graph/OSG) • OpenGL 2 • OpenGL 3 • OpenGL 4 • GLSL • OpenGL ES 1 • OpenGL ES 2 • OpenCL Legal/IP • Code Forensics • Digital Imaging • GIS • GPS • osgEarth • Terrain • Telemetry • Cryptography • LIDAR • Embedded • Mobile • iPhone/iPad/iOS • Android @alphapixel <https://twitter.com/alphapixel> facebook.com/alphapixel (775) 623-PIXL [7495]
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