Re: Queries regarding the Khronos specification license

2024-02-08 Thread Adam Jackson
For what it's worth, I did raise this as a potential issue with the apache2 license migration for Khronos projects, and explicitly asked about MIT dual-licensing at least for the GL headers. (The morbidly curious with a Khronos membership may find the relevant discussion in the arb-nextgen archives

Re: Queries regarding the Khronos specification license

2024-02-08 Thread Paianis
Ok, so the gist I'm getting is that it's impossible to use Vulkan without using the official headers and loaders? It's just that I can't see the Apache 2.0 license anywhere in the specification (single-page html or pdf), so if I could re-implement those I would.

Re: Queries regarding the Khronos specification license

2024-02-06 Thread Faith Ekstrand
What do you mean "re-implementing parts of the Vulkan APIs"? I have a feeling someone is confused about licensing Also, I'm NOT a lawyer. What follows does not constitute legal advice and anyone who's actually concerned about the legal implications should consult an actual lawyer who is famil

Queries regarding the Khronos specification license

2024-02-06 Thread Paianis
Hi all, For context, I'm interested in re-implementing parts of the Vulkan APIs (at least the parts necessary to develop a Wayland compositor), as the OpenBSD project won't accept Apache License 2.0 for code except when it is deemed unavoidable (LLVM), and the Khronos' APIs use this license. The