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    Phoronix: Better OpenGL Debugging Support Merged For Mesa

    The crowd-funded Mesa development effort for the OpenGL 4.3 KHR_debug extension was a success and the patches this morning were successfully merged into mainline Mesa...

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  • #2
    I am glad he made money off of this

    .....raised over $3,200 USD of a $2,500 goal.....
    Some people, groups, and companies/corporations believe that money cannot be made off of open source. (some of that reputation is deserve, but not all) But as far as this specific developer is concerned, I hope it warrants him doing another crowd funding venture to do another Mesa/OpenGL feature.

    And next time(if there is one) I hope he makes even more than he did this time.

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    • #3
      Thank you.

      Did he rewrite some mesa guides?

      How about another mesa extension?

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      • #4
        Good to see he delivered on it, maybe more from him in future then?

        Liam of GamingOnLinux.com

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        • #5
          Originally posted by halfmanhalfamazing View Post
          Some people, groups, and companies/corporations believe that money cannot be made off of open source. (some of that reputation is deserve, but not all) But as far as this specific developer is concerned, I hope it warrants him doing another crowd funding venture to do another Mesa/OpenGL feature.

          And next time(if there is one) I hope he makes even more than he did this time.
          I'm pretty sure he didn't make a "profit" off of it. The money was to feed him and his family as well as pay the rent. Anything he got above the initial goal, he invested to work a little bit longer on the patches.
          Also a big chunk (~800?) were donated by a single guy.

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          • #6
            Good to see he delivered on it

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            • #7
              Originally posted by halfmanhalfamazing View Post
              Some people, groups, and companies/corporations believe that money cannot be made off of open source. (some of that reputation is deserve, but not all) But as far as this specific developer is concerned, I hope it warrants him doing another crowd funding venture to do another Mesa/OpenGL feature.
              I have written a blog post about this very topic on my website based on the outcomes of the campaign: http://www.itsqueeze.com/2013/09/fun...crowd-funding/

              And thanks for the encouragement.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by liamdawe View Post
                Good to see he delivered on it, maybe more from him in future then?

                Liam of GamingOnLinux.com
                Maybe. I will probably work away on things quitely for a while I can't really take leave from my day job again just yet. Also I hope to build on my current skills before considering another campaign. Although I would love to see someone else give it a shot too.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by deri View Post
                  Thank you.
                  Did he rewrite some mesa guides?
                  Still in progress. See this mailing list archive for the latest document. http://lists.itsqueeze.com/listinfo....-itsqueeze.com

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                  • #10
                    I am willing to support thiskind of development. But where to find those reliable coders? So many things lacking on mesa still. But I have no idea if they are hard to code or not. I find mesa, wine and kde development a bit hard to figure out. As far as I see there is no simple guide how to setup your own coding platform and how to begin.

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