S3TC Patent Ownership
So forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but I have never seen it discussed. Who owns the patent(s) for S3TC that prevent it from being used freely? Have the patent owners been asked for permission to freely use the patent in Mesa? If so, when were they last asked? If the answer was no, was a reason provided?
I would like to know what party is causing all these problems for users of free software. It's such a shame that a patent is part of the OpenGL standard. It undermines the "open" part of OpenGL.
So forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but I have never seen it discussed. Who owns the patent(s) for S3TC that prevent it from being used freely? Have the patent owners been asked for permission to freely use the patent in Mesa? If so, when were they last asked? If the answer was no, was a reason provided?
I would like to know what party is causing all these problems for users of free software. It's such a shame that a patent is part of the OpenGL standard. It undermines the "open" part of OpenGL.
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