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Microsoft Claims IP Rights on Portions of OpenGL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thanks-sgi dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Minutes of the latest OpenGL ARB meeting reveal that Microsoft is claiming IP over the vertex and fragment extensions, both critical for exposing the capabilities of modern graphics hardware. The minutes also include an update on the progress of OpenGL 2.0." The question is, what does this mean for Linux -- how will Microsoft exercise their "rights"?

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  1. Valid? by quasi_steller · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm just wondering how valid this claim really is. Does anybody know? Of course there is also the question of whether this claim will hold up in court. Hopefully someone will decide to try and fight this as Microsoft already has Direct X.

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    ...interesting if true.