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Author Topic: Maybe Toady should,  (Read 906 times)

Bien

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Maybe Toady should,
« on: November 23, 2007, 01:38:00 am »
Acquire IVAN's graphics engine, IVAN is dead and it's open source so it must be a good idea. Right?
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GreyMario

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Re: Maybe Toady should,
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2007, 02:27:00 am »
Wrong.

I have no idea what it is, but if it's abandoned, it's definitely not done.

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t''s not illegal. The government just doesn''t want you doing it.

Gangsta Spanksta

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Re: Maybe Toady should,
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2007, 02:57:00 am »
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Originally posted by Bien:
<STRONG>Acquire IVAN's graphics engine, IVAN is dead and it's open source so it must be a good idea. Right?</STRONG>

I believe IVAN is GPLed, meaning that a closed sourced project would be breaking the law if they ripped any code out of it, unless they GPL their code in return.

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Bien

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Re: Maybe Toady should,
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2007, 03:30:00 am »
Oh, sorry.
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Draco18s

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Re: Maybe Toady should,
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2007, 04:00:00 pm »
Without jumping into GPL licencing, why the hell should Toady drop out all of his handwritten graphics code, learn a new one, and implement it?

I mean, it's not like the graphics are that complicated.

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