From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Romanick Subject: Re: [Mesa3d-dev] [Nouveau] Re: Status of s3tc patent in respect to open-source drivers and workarounds Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:05:24 -0700 Message-ID: <4BB04324.2070206@freedesktop.org> References: <4BAF41C0.5010201@warriorhut.org> <4BB004EB.5080109@warriorhut.org> <6a89f9d51003282153l2c20b049s38d94c9691531efa@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: In-Reply-To: <6a89f9d51003282153l2c20b049s38d94c9691531efa-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> To: Stephane Marchesin Cc: SpliFF , nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, radeonhd-stAJ6ESoqRxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, mesa3d-dev-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stephane Marchesin wrote: > The core issue is that some people do not want to see this code in mesa > in whatever form, because they're afraid of lawsuits. Rumour has it that > VIA told them that they would sue. And the same things happened with SGI > for the float patents by the way. So blame VIA and SGI for their > anti-oss behaviour instead. For example next time you see a motherboard > with a VIA chipset, think twice... The SGI situation is slightly different. SGI *did* sue. http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2006/october/ati.html http://271patent.blogspot.com/2008/08/wd-wis-all-instances-of-materiality.html http://www.patentlit.com/2008/05/02/silicon-graphics-v-ati-is-a-draw/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuwQyEACgkQX1gOwKyEAw8IoQCeIwJRaEZz3BiJIE3kUB+fG4mw R8UAn0+Y1m3WDLGfB7ZznyLrgOrbNeOG =M4I4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe-stAJ6ESoqRxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help-stAJ6ESoqRxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org