mesa-lib and that patented patchy thingy

[Auke Kok]

On 05/01/2012 09:39 AM, Jean Bruenn wrote:
> Hey,
>
> can we remove
>
> mquery TEXTURE_FLOAT "Enable patented texture-float? (if
> this patent is valid in your country choose N)" y
> "--enable-texture-float" "--disable-texture-float"
>
> please completly or rephrase the above line?
>
> 	a) there is no information on the web in which countries
> 	   this patent is valid or not / nor is there such informationn
> 	   available in lunar linux
> 	b) if there might be patent issues, the default for this
> 	   SHOULD NOT be yes - it SHOULD be no.
>
> It's really really really a no-go to force me as a user to do research
> whether this specific feature is allowed in my country or not - plus i
> haven't found any information about in which countries it allowed and
> in which it's not, most docs which refer to this state "it might be ..
> in..." - Plus: i'm not a lawyer, why do i have to deal with patents and
> such stuff? I just want my X11 working..

actually, the right thing to do is to ask each user.

You may even already have a license to use it, even in countries where 
the patent is enforced.

having it default to 'N' is sane, though, so I'd encourage someone to 
reverse the logic to make it default disabled.

Auke