Ron Jensen skrev:
> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 03:30 +0200, o...@arcticnet.no wrote:
>> o...@arcticnet.no skrev:
>>> Ron Jensen skrev:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glut/libglut3_3.7-25_all.deb
>>> Yes, but it's in the "oldlibs" section. No current package in Debian use
>>> it. Every
Curtis Olson skrev:
> Can we just quote Mark Kilgard's comment in that thread that
> modification is fine?
That's what I plan to do for now.
> I like Debian and I ran their distribution on my
> machines for many years. I admire how carefully they follow through
> with these licensing issues ...
o...@arcticnet.no skrev:
> Ron Jensen skrev:
>> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glut/libglut3_3.7-25_all.deb
>
> Yes, but it's in the "oldlibs" section. No current package in Debian use
> it. Everything is linked against freeglut, which supersedes it.
Upon further examination, I'll h
Ron Jensen skrev:
> I think this 5 year old "bug" might help answer the question
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=131997
Hmm, thanks. I guess I can show them that, then, when I package simgear
up again. Hopefully it's enough.
> I am not sure if texture.{cxx,hxx} qualifies as
I've tried to figure out the origin of that code, and it seems there's
consensus that Kilgard's code really cannot be modified.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL_Utility_Toolkit
"Kilgard's GLUT library is no longer maintained, and its license did not
permit the redistribution of modified version
Curtis Olson skrev:
> Are we running on the assumption that we can only do what is
> expressly allowed?
When it comes to someone else's copyright, it's not only an assumption.
It's the law. And Debian is adamant about following it... so, yes.
Thanks.
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It seems that the license header of simgear/screen/texture.{cxx,hxx}
does not have the same LGPL header as the rest of the sources. In fact,
it says that the code is "freely distributable", but not freely
modifiable. Is this file really under an Open Source license? Could you
clarify (at least for
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