I have written an email to the author, kindly asking him to re-release the source-code under a MIT license. It is his libmpeg2 project I want to be MIT licensed:
http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net
If I can't get it under a MIT, I won't be releasing my current vdpau implementation. I would have to redo too much work writing a bitstream parser from the scratch. My summer vacation is ending soon unfortunately and probably won't have much time spending on the backend.
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Originally posted by monraaf View PostThat's what some BSD people do. They scrounge GPL'd Linux kernel code for 'inspiration' and 'ideas' and then try to obfuscate it by renaming variables and rearranging code. Sometimes they are a little bit careless and this results in blatant copyright infringement.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux....s.general/1558
http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a...20070829001634
Adam
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Originally posted by tball View PostWell what about getting ideas from it then?
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Originally posted by tball View PostWell what about getting ideas from it then?
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux....s.general/1558
Really there's a fine line between copying ideas and copying code. A line that can be easily crossed even if you do have good intent. Since it's not uncommon to end up implementing the ideas exactly the same way as the code where you got the ideas from in the first place.
Surely you don't want to go that road, and I don't think Mesa would accept it.
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Originally posted by rohcQaH View Posthttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/demos/
Brian Paul committed the patches. Now there's source from me in mesa. Ego++
Hopefully it'll prevent a bit of confusion for driver developers in the future.
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http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/demos/
Brian Paul committed the patches. Now there's source from me in mesa. Ego++
Hopefully it'll prevent a bit of confusion for driver developers in the future.
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Originally posted by marek View PostAn incorrect test which is supposed to fail but doesn't crash a GPU or Mesa means that Mesa/GPU passes and handles the incorrectness correctly. :P
Concerning the licensing issues, you can't copy a GPL code and commit it in Mesa.
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Dare I suggest having two geartrains?
Originally posted by rohcQaH View PostSo.. it's a test-case. Fixing everything may make it beautiful, but not necessarily more useful as a test-case. Does this program have a certain purpose to test specific features that must continue to be used?
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