Re: Mutter with proprietary OpenGL/ES library ??

[Matteo Settenvini <matteo member fsf org>]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Dave Neary<dneary gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matteo Settenvini wrote:
>
> Unless you are a lawyer, shouldn't you qualify that with "IANAL"? By who
> is the exception "thought just to mean"?

Sorry, didn't want to sound too harsh or imperative.

>
> The exception was initially added to allow GNU applications to run on
> proprietary Unix systems, with proprietary libc and system libraries.
> Since OpenGL-ES is typically included with the system in embedded
> environments which support it as part of the standard system, it seems
> to me like the exception applies. But IANAL.

IANAL too, but I'm not sure it fits. It's questionable if it is a
system component you can't live without, like glibc.
However, that's just my opinion.

I apologize,
-- 
Matteo Settenvini
FSF Associated Member
Email : matteo member fsf org