Microsoft believes they have patent rights relating to the ARB_vertex_program extension. They did not contribute to the extension, but are trying to be upfront about it. They're offering to license their IP under reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; will license rights to the extent necessary, provided a reciprocal license is granted to MS. Granted on 1:1 basis for OpenGL 1.3, 1.4, and earlier versions.
Bref, ils font comme dans bcp d'organismes de standardisation : ils filent les patentes necessaires pour OpenGL a condition que les autres fassent de meme envers eux.
cf. http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/notes/meeting_note_2002年09月18日.html(...) Some attendees had concerns resulting from last June's minutes and inaccuracy of the resulting press coverage. Reporters seemed to assume that miscellaneous individual comments in the minutes represented official corporate positions, which was often not the case. ARB attendees are concerned about this, since they are not legal or PR representatives of their companies
Les journalistes ont deforme ce qui a ete dit(comme souvent).
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Microsoft believes they have patent rights relating to the ARB_vertex_program extension. They did not contribute to the extension, but are trying to be upfront about it. They're offering to license their IP under reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; will license rights to the extent necessary, provided a reciprocal license is granted to MS. Granted on 1:1 basis for OpenGL 1.3, 1.4, and earlier versions.
Bref, ils font comme dans bcp d'organismes de standardisation : ils filent les patentes necessaires pour OpenGL a condition que les autres fassent de meme envers eux.
cf. http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/notes/meeting_note_2002年09月18日.html(...)
Some attendees had concerns resulting from last June's minutes and inaccuracy of the resulting press coverage. Reporters seemed to assume that miscellaneous individual comments in the minutes represented official corporate positions, which was often not the case. ARB attendees are concerned about this, since they are not legal or PR representatives of their companies
Les journalistes ont deforme ce qui a ete dit(comme souvent).
cf. http://www.opengl.org/about/arb/notes/meeting_note_2003年03月11日.html(...)
Jon noted that SGI has IP in this area, although there may be ways to work around this. He'll look into providing more information on the patent.
SGI est dans la meme position, et il semble clair de la phrase que ce n'est pas aussi simple que "les brevets concernant OpenGL ne s'appliquent pas"