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SGI Releases OpenGL As Free Software

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the let-my-graphics-go dept.

StoneLion writes "Since its release, the OpenGL code that is responsible for 3-D acceleration on GNU/Linux has been running on licenses that were accepted by neither the Free Software Foundation (FSF) nor the Open Source Initiative. Today, however, the FSF has announced that the licenses in question have been rewritten, the problems resolved, and the code freed. Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF, says, 'This represents a huge gift to the free software community.'"

4 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good news! by BPPG · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are you talking about? Hibernation requires you to draw two large black polygons to cover your screen to save power.

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  2. Re:Good news! by nawcom · · Score: 4, Funny

    HAH! Mine only takes one!

  3. Re:Big news by Ngarrang · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this new benefit or hurt Duke Nukem Forever? This is the question we should all be pondering.

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  4. Unusual slashdot article by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... How often do we see an article on SGI here that doesn't either forecast their demise or have updates on their latest bankruptcy filing?

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