[Nouveau] [Mesa3d-dev] [radeonhd] Re: Status of s3tc patent in respect to open-source drivers and workarounds

[Ian Romanick]

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Stephane Marchesin wrote:

> The core issue is that some people do not want to see this code in mesa
> in whatever form, because they're afraid of lawsuits. Rumour has it that
> VIA told them that they would sue. And the same things happened with SGI
> for the float patents by the way. So blame VIA and SGI for their
> anti-oss behaviour instead. For example next time you see a motherboard
> with a VIA chipset, think twice...

The SGI situation is slightly different.  SGI *did* sue.

http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2006/october/ati.html
http://271patent.blogspot.com/2008/08/wd-wis-all-instances-of-materiality.html
http://www.patentlit.com/2008/05/02/silicon-graphics-v-ati-is-a-draw/
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