Re: [9fans] Running Version 2 along with Version 3

[Mike Acar <mike@trolltech.com>]

"Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net> wrote:
> 
> err, if you had a 2nd ed license you couldn't release the code under the
> terms of the 3rd ed licence.  i'm not even sure that 'looking' at the code
> would wouldn't taint a release to a 3rd ed site.

Yeah, that's exactly my point.

> now, if you did a 3rd ed port to the sparc then i would imagine you
> could release this work.  however, i am not a lawyer.  i think the
> problem is that you have to get proprietary info out of Sun and that
> would kill any chance of a release.

Well, given the availability of things like Linux and NetBSD for SPARC, I'd be
very surprised if the necessary information isn't out there, if in no other
form than the source for those systems.

> i believe the phrase 'like pulling teeth' was used in reference to
> getting certain information from certain vendors.

Heh, this wouldn't surprise me. In the particular case of Sun, given their
recent leap onto the open source bandwagon and support of Linux on SPARC, it's
probably not that bad, especially for older hardware. Trying to get 3D
programming information out of nVidia, on the other hand....

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