I got a question about the interpretation of the use of source code:

It's legal to rewrite completely the GUI-Extension, not changing the
msgboxes and all the infomation that must be shown?

This is, use the render functions, showing all the legal advertisement but
with another GUI

Thanks for your answers.-

Pablo Viojo.-

pvi### [at] adinetcomuy

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Pablo Viojo wrote:
> 
> I got a question about the interpretation of the use of source code:
> 
> It's legal to rewrite completely the GUI-Extension, not changing the
> msgboxes and all the infomation that must be shown?
> 
> This is, use the render functions, showing all the legal advertisement but
> with another GUI
> 
> Thanks for your answers.-
> 

I'm not sure if you mix up 'GUI-Extension' and the Editor interface of
Povray for Windows.  

You are not allowed to change the GUI-Extension code in Povray.  

Quoting form povlegal.doc:

> To allow POV-Ray to communicate with outside programs, the official
> versions of POV-Ray include several internal communication "hooks" 
> for it to call other tasks, often called an Application Programming 
> Interface, or API. For example: the generic part of POV-Ray provides
> operating system shell-out API commands. The Windows version has a 
> GUI-extension API and the ability to replace the text editor.
> Modification to these APIs or other officially supported
> communication mechanisms to increase functionality beyond that of 
> the official version IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.

You can of course write a seperate program using the *existing*
GUI-extension API to invoke Povray from outside.

Christoph

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Thanks for your answer.

Yes, I've mixed the GUI-extension and the editor interface.-

Normally you call GUI, graphics user interface, to the graphic display where
the user interact with the internal functions. But for the POV-Team the
GUI-extension  means the way that POV-Ray interact with others programs, and
it's allright.-

Pablo Viojo
pvi### [at] adinetcomuy

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