[Xorg] Re: Project Looking Glass developer release source code is now available

[Deron Johnson]

The licensing model for the Project Looking Glass source is as follows:

1. lg3d-x11: all of the code in this project is MIT licensed.

2. lg3d-core: I needed to make some modifications to Keith's lightpipe 
code. My modifications to this code are MIT licensed. The remainder
of lg3d-core is dual licensed. Developers can use the source under
the GPL license, or negotiate a commercial license with Sun.

So please note that all of the X11 server and client library work
that we will be doing as part of Project Looking Glass will be able
to be integrated into future releases of Xorg if that is what people
want to do.

Deron Johnson wrote:
> 
> Sun opened the source code for the developer's release of Project 
> Looking Glass today. It is available on http://java.net in the lg3d 
> project. There are three subprojects:
> 
>     lg3d-core        The 3D related software
>     lg3d-demo-apps        Example 3D applications
>     lg3d-x11        Modified X11 release
> 
> The people on this mailing list will probably be most interested in the
> lg3d-x11 project. We opened this project on lg3d-x11 for the sake
> of expediency, but we intend to eventually transfer it over into
> freedesktop.org.
> 
> The lg3d-x11 project is still very much a work in progress.
> To date, only a few X11 applications run bug-free. But we decided
> to release now in order to bootstrap 3D application development.
> There is still a lot of X11 debugging work left to do. Important 
> applications such as mozilla, staroffice, evolution, realplayer, and 
> most GNOME applications still have significant problems. We are actively 
> addressing these problems. Please file issues to 
> issues at lg3d-core.dev.java.net.
> 
> Special thanks to Keith Packard of HP for his excellent extensions:
> Damage, Xfixes, and Composite. Although they were originally developed 
> with 2D in mind, they are exactly what is needed to make a 3D window 
> system based on X11. Without Keith's excellent work we could not have
> been able to release Project Looking Glass so soon. Also, I would like
> to offer my thanks to Sun's X team, especially Jay Cotton, Stuart
> Kreitman, and Alan Coopersmith, for their invaluable assistance.
> 
> I would like to invite all X developers to check out the code and
> to get involved in making Linux the premier platform for 3D
> window system development.
> 
>     -Deron Johnson
>     Project Looking Glass
>     deron.johnson at sun.com
>     (510) 996-7190
> 
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