[geeks] Argh.

[Kevin]

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This is true, the only people affected legally are
Exluna.  You can do what you wish with your downloaded
software as long as it does not violate the ORIGINAL
license.

/KRM

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:42:44 -0600
Shawn Wallbridge <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:

> Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:10:37PM -0600, Shawn
> >Wallbridge wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>People sure make some things excessively linux
> >dependent.  Like Povray>>for instance.  I tried to
> >compile it on irix, and found that the make>>file is
> >trying use an option "arch=i586".  WTF?>>
> >>>Having trouble finding rendering program for irix.
> > Aqsis fails in some
> >>>lexx stuff after much work.  Povray is intel
> >dependent.  And neither of>>my projects are ready
> >for real work (or even not real work.  They
> >just>>are too flawed at the moment).>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>What about BMRT?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Not installed, and I wasn't going to bug the
> >machines owner about tracking down and installing a
> >less than perfectly legal package.
> >
> >BMRT is in fact what I use at home.  
> >
> >  
> >
> I think installing BMRT is perfectly legal. I don't
> think they had anything in the license saying you
> couldn't redistribute it when you downloaded it. And
> their was nothing in the Pixar deal about existing
> users of BMRT, it only stated that Exluna/nVidia
> couldn't continue distributing either.
> 
> Some places still use it for rendering (including
> Pixar).
> 
> shawn
> 
> (PS, did you hear about Centropolis?)
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