From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c3220a01ba6c6485 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fc544,c3220a01ba6c6485 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc544,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-17 00:50:26 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!brisbane.celsius.oz.au!dawe From: dawe@celsius.oz.au (Daniel Wengelin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.graphics.opengl Subject: Re: OpenGL bindings for Ada Date: 16 Mar 1995 21:40:21 GMT Organization: CelsiusTech Australia Distribution: world Message-ID: <3kab85$70a@brisbane.celsius.oz.au> References: <3ir5g2$5am@adm09.iac.honeywell.com> <3irb3o$sse@starbase.neosoft.com> <3jqb4j$r6u@fido.asd.sgi.com> <3jvmvk$t2g@adm09.iac.honeywell.com> <3k2qkh$3c0@fido.asd.sgi.com> <3k524j$a5r@pulsar.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.celsius.oz.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:11155 comp.graphics.opengl:2827 Date: 1995-03-16T21:40:21+00:00 List-Id: John Howard (jhoward@solar.sky.net) wrote: : The IBM Developer's Connection CD #6 for OS/2 contains an OpenGL : interface specification. Would it be illegal if I were to write and : distribute an Ada95 library which documented those OpenGL calls? I need : to know in advance of having done so. My limited understanding is that : IBM will provide the licensed OpenGL binding with OS/2 later. The DevCon CD : just gives OS/2 developers a headstart by providing the OpenGL specs. The interface specs are there to enable people to write software on top of them, which is exactly what you are going to do. there is absolutely no way that anyone can publish an interface spec and having restrictions on writing software that use that interface. Just my 0.02$. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Daniel Wengelin -- Team Ada, what a nice idea.... -- -- CelsiusTech -- -- -- dawe@celsiustech.se -- -- -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- with Standard_Disclaimer; --------------------------------------------------------------------