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This package was debianized by James A. Treacy treacy@debian.org on
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 01:11:34 -0500.
It was downloaded from http://www.mesa3d.org/download.html
For more information see:
http://www.mesa3d.org/
Copyright:
The copyright for mesa changed with the release of version 3.1 See below
for a description of which parts are covered by what copyright and an
explanation of why this was done. A copy of the GNU Library General
Public License (LGPL) can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mesa Copyright Information
The Mesa distribution consists of several components, other than just
the main library. The different components are covered by different
copyrights.
Through version 3.0, the core Mesa library has been distributed under
the GNU Library General Public License.
From Mesa 3.1 onward, the core library will instead be released under an
XFree86-style copyright. The new Mesa copyright is below.
Common questions about the copyright change
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Q1. Why was the copyright changed?
A1. Mesa is being integrated with XFree86 (the free X server for Linux
and other Unix-like operating systems) in order to better support 3D
hardware on Linux. All code used in XFree86 must use the XFree86
copyright. 3D hardware acceleration on Linux is long overdue. The
Mesa copyright change will allow better hardware support on Linux in
the near future.
Q2. Is it legal to change the copyright?
A2. Yes, since I (Brian Paul) hold the copyright.
Q3. I contributed code to Mesa while under the GNU copyright and don't
agree with the new copyright. What can I do?
A3. I'll remove any such code upon request. So far, no one has made
this request.
Q4. The XFree86 copyright allows people/companies to release binary-only
works derived from the Mesa code. Isn't that bad?
A4. It's somewhat unfortunate, but acceptable. However, it really is in
a company's best interest to keep modification to open-source
software in the open-source domain. See the open-source essays
written by Eric Raymond for the reasoning. Also note that any such
concerns can be applied to the XFree86 project as well. It seems to
be doing well.
Attention Contributors
----------------------
If you want to contribute to the Mesa project please consider the
copyright issues. If you contribute a bug fix or new feature to an
existing component you should agree to the copyright on that component
before submitting the bug fix or feature code.
If you want to contribute a new component, such as a new device driver
or demo program, then you can put whatever copyright you want on your
code. Insert the copyright into all files to avoid confusion.
Mesa component copyrights
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Component Files Primary Author Copyright
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
core Mesa code src/*.[ch] Brian Paul See below (*)
include/GL/gl.h
GLU library src-glu/* Brian Paul GNU-LGPL
include/GL/glu.h
GLX driver src/X/* Brian Paul See below (*)
include/GL/glx.h
include/GL/xmesa.h
OS/Mesa driver src/OSmesa/* Brian Paul See below (*)
include/GL/osmesa.h
3Dfx driver src/FX/* David Bucciarelli GNU-LGPL
include/GL/fxmesa.h
MGL driver src/MGL/* SciTech, Inc SciTech copyright
include/GL/mglmesa.h
Windows driver src/Windows/* Li Wei copyright by Li Wei
include/GL/wmesa.h
SVGA driver src/SVGA/* Brian Paul GNU-LGPL
include/GL/svgamesa.h
DOS driver src/DOS/* Charlie Wallace GNU-LGPL
include/GL/dosmesa.h
GGI driver src/GGI/* Uwe Maurer GNU-LGPL
include/GL/ggimesa.h
S3 driver src/S3/* S3, Inc. S3 copyright
BeOS R4 driver src/BeOS/* Brian Paul See below (*)
GLUT src-glut/* Mark Kilgard Mark's copyright
include/GL/*glut*.h
demo programs demos/* various see source file
X demos xdemos/* Brian Paul see source file
SGI demos samples/* SGI SGI copyright
RedBook demos book/* SGI SGI copyright
(*) Main Mesa Copyright
-----------------------
Mesa code without an explicit copyright is covered by the following
copyright:
Copyright (C) 1999 Brian Paul All Rights Reserved.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL BRIAN PAUL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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$Id: copyright,v 1.3 2002/12/15 21:10:17 marcelo Exp $
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