=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Fonseca writes: > Microsoft has been progressively claiming IP ownership of parts of the > OpenGL API. (See http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118968,00.html) > > Although the parts they claim are things like vertex programming - > features that aren't present in older cards such as Mach64 -, it seems > obvious that these are features very important in the current and next > generation of graphics cards. > > I would like to know your opinion about the influence this may have for > the DRI and Mesa3D projects in particular, and for the OpenGL API in > general. > > José Fonseca >
The question is if those patents are US only or if they are valid in the rest of the world. Since they are software patents, they might not be. This would mean that development would have to be done outside the US and drivers could not be offered inside the US, except for research purposes of course. Marcus -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dr. Marcus O.C. Metzler | | |--------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.metzlerbros.de/ | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
