SGI relicenses OpenGL: "A huge gift to the free software community"


 
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SGI relicenses OpenGL: "A huge gift to the free software community"

09-19-2008 07:30 AM
After nine months, an open secret can finally be acknowledged: The OpenGL code that is responsible for 3-D acceleration on GNU/Linux, which was released by SGI in 1999, has been running on licenses that were accepted by neither the Free Software Foundation (FSF) nor the Open Source Initiative. Today, however, the FSF has announced that the licenses in question, the SGI Free License B and the GLX Public License, have been rewritten after months of negotiation between the FSF and SGI. The problem is now resolved, and the result is a code contribution that the FSF ranks as one of the greatest given to the community by a proprietary company.



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icetGLSetReadBuffer(3)						  IceT Reference					    icetGLSetReadBuffer(3)

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icetGLSetReadBuffer -- set OpenGL buffer for images Synopsis #include <IceTGL.h> void icetGLSetReadBuffer( GLenum mode ); Description Set the OpenGL buffer from which to read images to composite. After the draw callback (specified by icetGLDrawCallback) returns, IceT grabs the rendered image from the OpenGL buffer specified by mode. This buffer is also used to write back fully composited images if the ICET_GL_DISPLAY option is on. mode is an OpenGL value that specifies the buffer. It is passed to glReadBuffer and glDrawBuffer. Accepted values are GL_FRONT, GL_BACK, GL_LEFT, GL_RIGHT, GL_FRONT_LEFT, GL_FRONT_RIGHT, GL_BACK_LEFT, GL_BACK_RIGHT, and any of the GL_AUXi identifiers. The current read buffer used is stored in the ICET_GL_READ_BUFFER state variable. The default value is GL_BACK. Errors ICET_INVALID_OPERATION icetGLInitialize has not been called for this IceT context. ICET_INVALID_ENUM mode is not a known OpenGL buffer identifier. Warnings None. Bugs The check of mode is perfunctory. It just checks mode against a list of known buffers. It does not check to see if the buffer actually exists or for any other buffers that might be defined in an OpenGL extension. Copyright Copyright (C)2010 Sandia Corporation Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software. This source code is released under the New BSD License. See Also icetGLDrawCallback(3) IceT Reference August 9, 2010 icetGLSetReadBuffer(3)