2009/5/23 Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesin...@gmx.at>: > Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2009 19:15:22 schrieb Roderick Colenbrander: >> So what they are saying is that Nvidia has a license on the s3tc >> patent for use in those tools but if we would rip their code out we >> wouldn't be covered unless (but that is gray area) we put all their >> image code in wine (which would be impossible since it is C++). >> Perhaps if we want to be safe we could ask s3 for a license for use in >> Wine? > Hmm. My idea would have been to link against this lib, but if it is C++ it > makes troubles. >
Interestingly enough, nvidia-texture-tools is MIT license and provides no provision for patent protection. In theory, a fork of this project to C would be linkable with Wine without legal issues.
