POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.news-submissions : pov2mesh 0.5 : Re: pov2mesh 0.5 Server Time
4 May 2024 01:31:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: pov2mesh 0.5  
From: Paul Senzee
Date: 19 Jan 2006 09:27:28
Message: <43cfa1d0$1@news.povray.org>
>  Looking at a source code and replicating its exact functionality
> "in your own words" (so to speak) could be in a rather shaky ground
> with regard to copyright... For example if you simply change the names
> of the variables and functions, I don't think that's enough...
>

So far, I've been going at it blind to avoid exactly that sort of ambiguity. 
As such, I'm not familiar with the pov code base.

>  By the way, it would be much, much easier if you made it as a patch
> for POV-Ray instead of an independent program.
...
>  You should seriously consider that.

Actually that's a fascinating idea I'd never thought of.  I *will* consider 
that.


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.