Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Re: [Dri-devel] GLUT inclusion?

[Rasputin <rar...@vi...>]

* Gareth Hughes <gar...@ac...> [010718 14:19]:
> Philip Willoughby wrote:
> > 
> > As I understand it it's a licensing issue.  glut is released under the strict
> > GPL, and XFree86 is not.
> 
> Actually, no, it's not under the GPL.  The NOTICE file is as follows:
> 
> NOTICE:  The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) distribution contains source
> code published in a book titled "Programming OpenGL for the X Window
> System" (ISBN: 0-201-48359-9) published by Addison-Wesley.  The
> programs and associated files contained in the distribution were
> developed by Mark J. Kilgard and are Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by Mark
> J. Kilgard (unless otherwise noted).  The programs are not in the
> public domain, but they are freely distributable without licensing
> fees.  These programs are provided without guarantee or warrantee
> expressed or implied.
> 
> Not the GPL, not the XFree86 (BSD) licence.  IANAL, but basically "it's
> not public domain, and don't sue me" -- to quote Nick Triantos from
> NVIDIA :-)

Isn't that the license for the sample programs?
i.e. demos as in "Mesa-Demos".

What about libglut itself?