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  • #81
    The info about patents related to OpenGL implementations, according to Khronos, is here:

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    • #82
      Even if AMD was willing to distribute a private Mesa version, I'm not sure it would be much help.

      I have to think they would insist on doing a thorough code review of anything they put their name on, because I assume that at that point they could then be sued by anyone they hadn't properly licensed IP from. And given how slow they are to review their own internal code for drivers, it would probably be a matter of decades before they would be able to review all of Mesa.

      Still, if they made it a priority it could probably happen.

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      • #83
        I think things are already getting better: http://opensource.com/law/10/12/supr...dating-patents

        In the future repealing software patents and what not will hopefully be much easier. Maybe open source/free software legal advocates can begin suing to have patents invalidated. If what I'm hearing is true and I understand correctly, then maybe some of the OpenGL specs might be a good place to start.

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