On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 04:44:57PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
But he also asks whether other persons will be allowed to contribute
code for a Direct3D backend when project is hosted on Savannah
Yes, I understand. But who writes the code surely doesn't matter.
Yes, but isn't that
I agree. I will try to deliver our concerns to the maintainer
during the review process.
On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 08:57 +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
Usually, portable programs rely on an external library that provides
this whole GUI backend. For example the GNU FreeDink relies on the
SDL
Usually, portable programs rely on an external library that provides
this whole GUI backend. For example the GNU FreeDink relies on the
SDL game library
So there's no directx code in the freedink sources, right? Sure, that's
clearly no problem. I didn't get the impression that was
The fact that the proprietary support is shipped within the project
rather than through an external library doesn't sound important to me.
Isn't it a case of shades of grey rather than black and white?
Yes. This depends on context. For access to multimedia abilities
it's common to