Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Hi Skoti, That's an interesting viewpoint as well. What I read in the GNU FAQ would mean: Even when we conclude that shader exports from Blender are GPL itself, for as long they're not used too link against a program, you can freely use them. It becomes like 'data' that way. AFAIK you can also freely bundle gpl-ed components with non-gpl, for as long they're not acting as one single program. This might be the most elegant solution; I should seek advise from FSF on it though :) Googling for the issue doesn't give replies sofar... it even shows this thread on the first page! -Ton- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 14 Oct, 2011, at 1:07, skoti wrote: > Your code is not linked with the shaders, so you do not have to share > your code. > You just pass the code to drivers, and there is compiled and sent to > the > graphics card. Code of your program is not connected with the shader, > and only run it through the driver (which is allowed to run as > separate > programsfrom non-free (shaders is separate programs) > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins). > > Just do not hide the code shaders and shader code, do not changecode > after reading from a file. > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: >> Hi Ton, >> >> the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and >> gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) >> have >> no license header on them. >> Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. >> >> In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic >> implementations. >> I don't think they can even be under specific license. >> I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. >> >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 >> or later". >> I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this >> http://www.blender.org/BL/ >> >> Thanks, >> Dalai >> >> 2011/10/13 Tom M >> >>> Ton, >>> >>> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be >>> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. >>> >>> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. >>> >>> LetterRip >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal >>> wrote: Hi Dalai, First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or later". If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the exported glsl code remains GPL. -Ton- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi, > I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > > But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > > Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of > Blender code, > so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a > GLSL > Shader > is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > > It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this > could be > used for external engines. > > Thanks, > Dalai > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> ___ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
"I never thought people would export glsl shader files together with models to use in other engines... is that the use case?" Yes. I had GameKit in mind while wondering on that. But as Campbell brought it up other engines can benefit from that as well. -- Dalai (although I had GameKit in mind I'm not part of the dev team. I was just trying to have this clear to suggest them to finally support blender glsl materials) 2011/10/13 Ton Roosendaal > Hi Dalai, > > Yeah... I noticed missing header too. > But I know enough of Blender's code to see it's a copy of existing > functions here :) > > It even has the bump code we added in 2.59... > > I never thought people would export glsl shader files together with > models to use in other engines... is that the use case? Is that even > more or less normal nowadays? > > In that case we could track back who contributed to the glsl files and > check if it can be BSD'ed or MIT'ed so... > > -Ton- > > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > On 13 Oct, 2011, at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: > > > Hi Ton, > > > > the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and > > gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) have > > no license header on them. > > Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. > > > > In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic > > implementations. > > I don't think they can even be under specific license. > > I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. > > > >> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 > > or later". :) > > I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this > > http://www.blender.org/BL/ > > > > Thanks, > > Dalai > > > > 2011/10/13 Tom M > > > >> Ton, > >> > >> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be > >> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. > >> > >> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. > >> > >> LetterRip > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal > >> wrote: > >>> Hi Dalai, > >>> > >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or > >>> later". :) > >>> > >>> If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using > >>> the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the > >>> exported glsl code remains GPL. > >>> > >>> -Ton- > >>> > >>> > > >>> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org > www.blender.org > >>> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The > >>> Netherlands > >>> > >>> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > >>> > Hi, > I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > > But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > > Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of > Blender code, > so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL > Shader > is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > > It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this > could be > used for external engines. > > Thanks, > Dalai > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> Bf-committers mailing list > >>> Bf-committers@blender.org > >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >>> > >> ___ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> Bf-committers@blender.org > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >> > > ___ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Your code is not linked with the shaders, so you do not have to share your code. You just pass the code to drivers, and there is compiled and sent to the graphics card. Code of your program is not connected with the shader, and only run it through the driver (which is allowed to run as separate programsfrom non-free (shaders is separate programs) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins). Just do not hide the code shaders and shader code, do not changecode after reading from a file. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi Ton, > > the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) > have > no license header on them. > Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. > > In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic > implementations. > I don't think they can even be under specific license. > I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. > >> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 > or later". > I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this > http://www.blender.org/BL/ > > Thanks, > Dalai > > 2011/10/13 Tom M > >> Ton, >> >> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be >> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. >> >> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. >> >> LetterRip >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: >>> Hi Dalai, >>> >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or >>> later". >>> >>> If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using >>> the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the >>> exported glsl code remains GPL. >>> >>> -Ton- >>> >>> >>> >>> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org >>> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands >>> >>> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: >>> Hi, I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of Blender code, so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL Shader is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this could be used for external engines. Thanks, Dalai ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> ___ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
> Hi Dalai, > > Yeah... I noticed missing header too. > But I know enough of Blender's code to see it's a copy of existing > functions here :) > > It even has the bump code we added in 2.59... > > I never thought people would export glsl shader files together with > models to use in other engines... is that the use case? Is that even > more or less normal nowadays? Not yet, the "gpu" module to get this info was only added recently, So far X3D exporter writes out these shaders when H3D compatibility is enabled, (H3D is an X3D engine). > In that case we could track back who contributed to the glsl files and > check if it can be BSD'ed or MIT'ed so... 1+, but not my code :) > -Ton- > > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > On 13 Oct, 2011, at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: > >> Hi Ton, >> >> the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and >> gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) have >> no license header on them. >> Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. >> >> In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic >> implementations. >> I don't think they can even be under specific license. >> I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. >> >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 >> or later". :) >> I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this >> http://www.blender.org/BL/ >> >> Thanks, >> Dalai >> >> 2011/10/13 Tom M >> >>> Ton, >>> >>> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be >>> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. >>> >>> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. >>> >>> LetterRip >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal >>> wrote: Hi Dalai, First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or later". :) If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the exported glsl code remains GPL. -Ton- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi, > I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > > But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > > Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of > Blender code, > so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL > Shader > is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > > It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this > could be > used for external engines. > > Thanks, > Dalai > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> ___ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- - Campbell ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Your code is not linked with the shaders, so you do not have to share your code. You just pass the code to drivers, and there is compiled and sent to the graphics card. Code of your program is not connected with the shader, and only run it through the driver (which is allowed to run as separate programsfrom non-free (shaders is separate programs) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins). Just do not hide the code shaders and shader code, do not changecode after reading from a file. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi Ton, > > the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) have > no license header on them. > Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. > > In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic implementations. > I don't think they can even be under specific license. > I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. > >> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 > or later". :) > I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this > http://www.blender.org/BL/ > > Thanks, > Dalai > > 2011/10/13 Tom M > >> Ton, >> >> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be >> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. >> >> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. >> >> LetterRip >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: >>> Hi Dalai, >>> >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or >>> later". :) >>> >>> If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using >>> the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the >>> exported glsl code remains GPL. >>> >>> -Ton- >>> >>> >>> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org >>> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands >>> >>> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: >>> Hi, I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of Blender code, so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL Shader is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this could be used for external engines. Thanks, Dalai ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> ___ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Hi Dalai, Yeah... I noticed missing header too. But I know enough of Blender's code to see it's a copy of existing functions here :) It even has the bump code we added in 2.59... I never thought people would export glsl shader files together with models to use in other engines... is that the use case? Is that even more or less normal nowadays? In that case we could track back who contributed to the glsl files and check if it can be BSD'ed or MIT'ed so... -Ton- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 13 Oct, 2011, at 19:48, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi Ton, > > the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and > gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) have > no license header on them. > Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. > > In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic > implementations. > I don't think they can even be under specific license. > I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. > >> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 > or later". :) > I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this > http://www.blender.org/BL/ > > Thanks, > Dalai > > 2011/10/13 Tom M > >> Ton, >> >> check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be >> expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. >> >> A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. >> >> LetterRip >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal >> wrote: >>> Hi Dalai, >>> >>> First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or >>> later". :) >>> >>> If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using >>> the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the >>> exported glsl code remains GPL. >>> >>> -Ton- >>> >>> >>> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org >>> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The >>> Netherlands >>> >>> On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: >>> Hi, I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of Blender code, so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL Shader is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this could be used for external engines. Thanks, Dalai ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >>> ___ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Hi Ton, the shader files (gpu_shader_material.glsl and gpu_shader_vertex.glsl) have no license header on them. Thus my hope that they were not under the GPL. In fact most of the code snippets we have there are classic implementations. I don't think they can even be under specific license. I find strange to have GPL reinforced over them. > First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or later". :) I guess I was a bit outdated :p I was referring to this http://www.blender.org/BL/ Thanks, Dalai 2011/10/13 Tom M > Ton, > > check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be > expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. > > A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. > > LetterRip > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: > > Hi Dalai, > > > > First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or > > later". :) > > > > If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using > > the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the > > exported glsl code remains GPL. > > > > -Ton- > > > > > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org > > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > > > On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > >> > >> But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > >> shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > >> > >> Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of > >> Blender code, > >> so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL > >> Shader > >> is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > >> > >> It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this > >> could be > >> used for external engines. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Dalai > >> ___ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> Bf-committers@blender.org > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > ___ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Ton, check with FSF, but I seriously doubt that a shader would be expressive, and hence is not copyrightable. A generated shader is even less likely to be viewed as expressive. LetterRip On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: > Hi Dalai, > > First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or > later". :) > > If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using > the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the > exported glsl code remains GPL. > > -Ton- > > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > >> Hi, >> I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. >> >> But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): >> shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) >> >> Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of >> Blender code, >> so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL >> Shader >> is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). >> >> It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this >> could be >> used for external engines. >> >> Thanks, >> Dalai >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
If I publish a propietary game with GLSL code exported with that function, it doesn't affect the rest of the code, right? 2011/10/13 Ton Roosendaal : > Hi Dalai, > > First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or > later". :) > > If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using > the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the > exported glsl code remains GPL. > > -Ton- > > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands > > On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > >> Hi, >> I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. >> >> But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): >> shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) >> >> Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of >> Blender code, >> so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL >> Shader >> is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). >> >> It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this >> could be >> used for external engines. >> >> Thanks, >> Dalai >> ___ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Hi Dalai, First: there's no "BF" or "BFL" license... it's just "GNU GPL v2 or later". :) If I understand the function well, it's generating a text file using the GLSL shader code as in our svn (which is GPL). In that way the exported glsl code remains GPL. -Ton- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.orgwww.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 13 Oct, 2011, at 8:17, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi, > I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > > But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > > Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of > Blender code, > so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL > Shader > is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > > It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this > could be > used for external engines. > > Thanks, > Dalai > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
Re: [Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
A shader might well be viewed as purely functional and hence not subject to copyright in the US. LetterRip On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi, > I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. > > But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): > shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) > > Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of Blender code, > so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL Shader > is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). > > It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this could be > used for external engines. > > Thanks, > Dalai > ___ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
[Bf-committers] what is the license of Blender GLSL shaders?
Hi, I understand that Blender code is under GPL/BF licensing. But if I use the command (added on rev. 40061): shader = gpu.export_shader(scene,material) Is the shader still GPL/BFL? The shader is made of snippets of Blender code, so I can see what lawyers may clam. And technically speaking a GLSL Shader is a program (compiles and run in the GPU). It would be really sad if this is the case though. Otherwise this could be used for external engines. Thanks, Dalai ___ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
