[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 0/4] import the txc_dxtn code from libtxc_dxtn into mesa (Was: Merge floating to master)

[Dave Airlie]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 00:59 -0800, Jose Fonseca wrote:
>> Your argument that we need a flag to enable everything is not true, as
>> a single patent does not apply uniformly to all drivers.
>
> Except in nearly all countries that's exactly what we want: just one
> flag to enable all features because we don't recognize those patents.
>

Not sure what country you are in (I'm guessing France) that doesn't
but the float patent texture is for hw/sw and isn't a swpat, so I'm
guessing EU law applies just as much.

Dave..