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Subject: RE: Question about Mesa MLAA license
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From: Jorge Jimenez <iryoku@gmail.com>
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Date: 01/08/2013 12:50 PM
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To: Tom Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com>
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CC: "jorge@iryoku.com" <jorge@iryoku.com>
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Yes to both questions.
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Thanks,
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Jorge
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From: Tom Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com>
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Sent: January 8, 2013 6:49 PM
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To: Jorge Jimenez <iryoku@gmail.com>
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CC: jorge@iryoku.com
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Subject: Re: Question about Mesa MLAA license
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On 01/08/2013 12:39 PM, Jorge Jimenez wrote:
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> Hi Tom,
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>
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> What we meant with that is that we made an exception for clause 2.
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> Instead of clause 2, in the case of the Mesa project, you have to name
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> the technique Jimenez's MLAA in the config options of Mesa. We did that
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> just to allow them to solve license issues. This exception should be for
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> the Mesa project, and any project using Mesa, like Fedora.
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>
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> We want to widespread usage of our MLAA, so we want to avoid any kind of
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> license complications. Hope current one is good for Fedora, if not
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> please tell, and we'll see what we can do!
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Okay, a few more questions:
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* If Fedora decides to simply reproduce the quoted statement:
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"Uses Jimenez's MLAA. Copyright (C) 2010 by Jorge Jimenez, Belen Masia,
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Jose I. Echevarria, Fernando Navarro and Diego Gutierrez."
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Specifically, if this is done as part of documentation included with
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Mesa, is that sufficient to meet clause 2 even if the Mesa config option
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is not set as described in your exception?
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* Currently, the Mesa config option for MLAA says: "Morphological
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anti-aliasing based on Jimenez\' MLAA. 0 to disable, 8 for default
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quality". Is this in compliance with your exception?
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Thanks again,
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~tom
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==
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Fedora Project
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Subject: RE: Question about Mesa MLAA license
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From: Jorge Jimenez <iryoku@gmail.com>
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Date: 01/08/2013 12:39 PM
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To: "jorge@iryoku.com" <jorge@iryoku.com>, Tom Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com>
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Hi Tom,
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What we meant with that is that we made an exception for clause 2. 
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Instead of clause 2, in the case of the Mesa project, you have to name 
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the technique Jimenez's MLAA in the config options of Mesa. We did that 
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just to allow them to solve license issues. This exception should be for 
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the Mesa project, and any project using Mesa, like Fedora.
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We want to widespread usage of our MLAA, so we want to avoid any kind of 
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license complications. Hope current one is good for Fedora, if not 
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please tell, and we'll see what we can do!
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Cheers,
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Jorge
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From: Tom Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com>
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Sent: January 8, 2013 6:30 PM
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To: jorge@iryoku.com
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Subject: Question about Mesa MLAA license
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Jorge,
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Thanks for all of your fantastic graphics work! I have been auditing
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Fedora (a popular distribution of Linux) for license compliance and I
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came across your MLAA code in Mesa.
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The license says:
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 *    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the following
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statement:
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 *       "Uses Jimenez's MLAA. Copyright (C) 2010 by Jorge Jimenez, Belen Masia,
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 *        Jose I. Echevarria, Fernando Navarro and Diego Gutierrez."
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 *
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 *       Only for use in the Mesa project, this point 2 is filled by naming the
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 *       technique Jimenez's MLAA in the Mesa config options.
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That wording is unclear. When you say "Only for use in the Mesa
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project...", it seems like you could either be saying:
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- This code may only be used as part of Mesa.
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OR
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- In Mesa, you can comply with clause 2 by simply selecting "Jimenez's
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MLAA" in the Mesa config options.
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*****
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If the first item is true, then we may have to remove the MLAA code from
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Fedora's copy of Mesa. However, looking at the license on your SMAA
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code, I do not believe it to be the case. Please let me know either way!
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Thanks in advance,
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Tom Callaway
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Fedora Legal
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==
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Fedora Project