Re: [Freeglut-developer] "freeglujt" Changes

[Richard R. <sf...@ol...>]

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 02:06:40PM -0500, Fay John F Contr AAC/WMG wrote:
> Well, I _did_ sort of get the code for "freeglut_font.c" from the OpenGLUT
> package.  I think I remember saying to somebody that I hoped there would =
be
> a two-way street between us.

Ah, well, if the code is being lifted verbatim, then perhaps
including the "Portions copyright (C) 2004, the OpenGLUT contributors"
is in order?  If it's significant enough to need permission (legally
or just ethically), it's significant enough to bring along the
copyright, I would think, on the same (legal or ethical) grounds.
Including the copyright *is* part of the permission that you were
seeking.  I think that it always will be, too.

A two-way street is certainly welcome.  There are a number of other
bug-fixes in OpenGLUT that freeglut probably should pick up.


> So tell me about this "avoiding a push onto the projection stack".  Do you
> mean that you're planning to change the OpenGLUT bug fix?

Not planning.  It was done a couple of days ago.

See the code.  (^&


> I thought we had decided to print the warning for indirect rendering.  It

The last word I thought was settled on was: It should definitely be guarded
by an #ifdef.  I'll send you, off-list, what I took to be the last
word from Steve on the matter.  (You never responded to it, so I thought
that all who had spoken on the matter were in agreement that that was
the best way to go.)


 [...]
> would have been very helpful.  So I think the warning will stay in
> "freeglut"; if you want to port the changes over to OpenGLUT and "#ifdef"
> the warning, go right ahead.

No one has shown any inclination to add this warning to OpenGLUT.
Nor has anyone requested that it be added.  I wouldn't be opposed to
seeing it added---would even consider adding it myself if there were
voices asking for it---but would slap an #ifdef around it on-sight.


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