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   9 <H1>Disclaimer</H1>
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  11 <p>
  12 Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to
  13 that of <a href="http://www.opengl.org/" target="_parent">OpenGL</a>.*
  14 To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command syntax or state
  15 machine, it is being used with authorization from <a
  16 href="http://www.sgi.com/" target="_parent">Silicon Graphics,
  17 Inc.</a>(SGI). However, the author does not possess an OpenGL license
  18 from SGI, and makes no claim that Mesa is in any way a compatible
  19 replacement for OpenGL or associated with SGI. Those who want a
  20 licensed implementation of OpenGL should contact a licensed
  21 vendor.
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  24 <p>
  25 Please do not refer to the library as <em>MesaGL</em> (for legal
  26 reasons). It's just <em>Mesa</em> or <em>The Mesa 3-D graphics
  27 library</em>. <br>
  28 </p>
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  30 <p>
  31 * OpenGL is a trademark of <a href="http://www.sgi.com/"
  32 target="_parent">Silicon Graphics Incorporated</a>.
  33 </p>
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  37 <H1>License / Copyright Information</H1>
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  39 <p>
  40 The Mesa distribution consists of several components.  Different copyrights
  41 and licenses apply to different components.  For example, GLUT is copyrighted
  42 by Mark Kilgard, some demo programs are copyrighted by SGI, some of the Mesa
  43 device drivers are copyrighted by their authors.  See below for a list of
  44 Mesa's main components and the license for each.
  45 </p>
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  47 The core Mesa library is licensed according to the terms of the MIT license.
  48 This allows integration with the XFree86, Xorg and DRI projects.
  49 </p>
  50 <p>
  51 The default Mesa license is as follows:
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  55 Copyright (C) 1999-2007  Brian Paul   All Rights Reserved.
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  57 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  58 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
  59 to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
  60 the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
  61 and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
  62 Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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  64 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
  65 in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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  67 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
  68 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  69 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
  70 BRIAN PAUL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
  71 AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
  72 CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  73 </pre>
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  76 <H1>Attention, Contributors</H1>
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  78 <p>
  79 When contributing to the Mesa project you must agree to the licensing terms
  80 of the component to which you're contributing.
  81 The following section lists the primary components of the Mesa distribution
  82 and their respective licenses.
  83 </p>
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  86 <H1>Mesa Component Licenses</H1>
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  88 <pre>
  89 Component         Location               Primary Author      License
  90 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  91 Main Mesa code    src/mesa/              Brian Paul          Mesa (MIT)
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  93 Device drivers    src/mesa/drivers/*     See drivers         See drivers
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  95 Ext headers       include/GL/glext.h     SGI                 SGI Free B
  96                   include/GL/glxext.h
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  98 GLUT              src/glut/              Mark Kilgard        Mark's copyright
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 100 Mesa GLU library  src/glu/mesa/          Brian Paul          GNU-LGPL
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 102 SGI GLU library   src/glu/sgi/           SGI                 SGI Free B
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 104 demo programs     progs/demos/           various             see source files
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 106 X demos           progs/xdemos/          Brian Paul          see source files
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 108 SGI demos         progs/samples/         SGI                 SGI copyright
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 110 RedBook demos     progs/redbook/         SGI                 SGI copyright
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