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9<H1>License / Copyright Information</H1>
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12The Mesa distribution consists of several components.  Different copyrights
13and licenses apply to different components.  For example, GLUT is copyrighted
14by Mark Kilgard, some demo programs are copyrighted by SGI, some of the Mesa
15device drivers are copyrighted by their authors.  See below for a list of
16Mesa's main components and the license for each.
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19The core Mesa library is licensed according to the terms of the MIT license.
20This allows integration with the XFree86, Xorg and DRI projects.
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23The default Mesa license is as follows:
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27Copyright (C) 1999-2005  Brian Paul   All Rights Reserved.
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29Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
30copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
31to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
32the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
33and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
34Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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36The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
37in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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39THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
40OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
41FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
42BRIAN PAUL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
43AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
44CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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48<H1>Attention, Contributors</H1>
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51When contributing to the Mesa project you must agree to the licensing terms
52of the component to which you're contributing.
53The following section lists the primary comonents of the Mesa distribution
54and their respective licenses.
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58<H1>Mesa Component Licenses</H1>
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61Component         Location               Primary Author      License
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63Main Mesa code    src/mesa/              Brian Paul          Mesa (MIT)
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65Device drivers    src/mesa/drivers/*     See drivers         See drivers
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67Ext headers       include/GL/glext.h     SGI                 SGI Free B
68                  include/GL/glxext.h
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70GLUT              src/glut/              Mark Kilgard        Mark's copyright
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72Mesa GLU library  src/glu/mesa/          Brian Paul          GNU-LGPL
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74SGI GLU library   src/glu/sgi/           SGI                 SGI Free B
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76demo programs     progs/demos/           various             see source files
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78X demos           progs/xdemos/          Brian Paul          see source files
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80SGI demos         progs/samples/         SGI                 SGI copyright
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82RedBook demos     progs/redbook/         SGI                 SGI copyright
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