MGL graphics library freed!
SciTech, the producers of MGL (a graphics library used to develop games like Hexen II and Quake for Windows) have decided to make that library open source software, by changing its license to a derivative of the MPL. (See their note at the GGI mail-list: http://www.ggi-project.org/mailinglist/apr98/288.html ) They are asking for comments on their license. If you are interested, you can find it at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/mgl-license.txt Anyone willing to debianize that stuff? -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MGL graphics library freed!
Enrique Zanardi wrote: SciTech, the producers of MGL (a graphics library used to develop games like Hexen II and Quake for Windows) have decided to make that library open source software, by changing its license to a derivative of the MPL. (See their note at the GGI mail-list: http://www.ggi-project.org/mailinglist/apr98/288.html ) They are asking for comments on their license. If you are interested, you can find it at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/mgl-license.txt Anyone willing to debianize that stuff? I had a look at the license and there are restrictions on the distribution of modified versions. Seems to me, it'd go into non-free. Thanks, Luis. -- Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = F8 B1 13 DE 22 22 94 A1 14 BE 95 8E 49 39 78 76 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MGL graphics library freed!
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 12:38:59PM +0100, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote: Enrique Zanardi wrote: SciTech, the producers of MGL (a graphics library used to develop games like Hexen II and Quake for Windows) have decided to make that library open source software, by changing its license to a derivative of the MPL. (See their note at the GGI mail-list: http://www.ggi-project.org/mailinglist/apr98/288.html ) They are asking for comments on their license. If you are interested, you can find it at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/mgl-license.txt Anyone willing to debianize that stuff? I had a look at the license and there are restrictions on the distribution of modified versions. Seems to me, it'd go into non-free. Sure? I haven't read it thoroughly, but section 2.1 allows distribution of the original source code, with or without modifications. And section 3.6 allows distribution of executables. Am I missing something? (Also, this license is not so different from the MPL, so I would be surprised to see some non-freeness in it). -- Enrique Zanardi[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MGL graphics library freed!
Enrique Zanardi wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 12:38:59PM +0100, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote: Enrique Zanardi wrote: SciTech, the producers of MGL (a graphics library used to develop games like Hexen II and Quake for Windows) have decided to make that library open source software, by changing its license to a derivative of the MPL. (See their note at the GGI mail-list: http://www.ggi-project.org/mailinglist/apr98/288.html ) They are asking for comments on their license. If you are interested, you can find it at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/mgl-license.txt Anyone willing to debianize that stuff? I had a look at the license and there are restrictions on the distribution of modified versions. Seems to me, it'd go into non-free. Sure? I haven't read it thoroughly, but section 2.1 allows distribution of the original source code, with or without modifications. And section 3.6 allows distribution of executables. Am I missing something? (Also, this license is not so different from the MPL, so I would be surprised to see some non-freeness in it). OK. It seems I looked at a differnt license (http://www.scitechsoft.com/down_lic.html) and never went past the PREAMBLE: SciTech Software does however reserve the right as the sole distributor of the library source code. Hence although we encourage you to change and modify the library to suit your needs, you may not distribute derivative works based on the library source code without express written permission from SciTech Software. I guess they still need to clean up their site. Luis. -- Luis Francisco Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint = F8 B1 13 DE 22 22 94 A1 14 BE 95 8E 49 39 78 76 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
