Jani,
Personally, I think the viewer and server should remain open source/GPL, but
at the same time I do think that SpeedTree is a pretty incredible product.
SpeedTree is probably some of the best "real-time" foliage I've seen. The
tree/forest rendering and level of detail of the distant trees, as well as
the bending branches and leaves rustle is nice, but I would keep the
RexViewer GPL/Open Source and then just create a separate RealXtend
"foliage" plugin module (as a separate title) that could be downloaded and
would interface with the OpenSource/GPL RexViewer (that would add support
for OgreSpeedTree/SpeedTreeRT to the RealXtend NG Viewer).
Do the developers know if it would it be possible to create a separate
RealXtend ReX "folliage plugin module" using SpeedTreeRT, and OgreSpeedTree,
and OgreSpeedGrass?
This way we could keep the ReX viewer completely open source/GPL, and users
could just download the RealXtend "foliage plugin module" to add the
OgreSpeedTree/SpeedTreeRT capabilities?
This way we could keep the ReX viewer open source, but still have a
downloadable RealXtend "folliage plugin module", this way the module
would be considered a separate "licensed title" that would be installed
separately and work inside the OpenSource ReX NG Viewer.
This way we are not tying our hands or limiting ourselves with licensing
headaches, while users could easily download and add the RealXtend "foliage
module" (based on SpeedTree RT and OgreSpeedTree) and we could keep it as a
separate downloadable plugin module/program that would work with the Rex NG
Viewer.
Mark
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Jani Pirkola <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> if the new ng viewer is not gpl, then it can be linked to commercial
> libraries like this one:
>
> http://www.torusknot.com/ogrespeedtree.html?utm_source=ogre3d&utm_medium=frontpage&utm_campaign=frontpage_normal
>
>
> Br,
> Jani
> http://www.cybertechnews.org
>
>
> >
>
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