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Re: Anyone on this list?
Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:
> J. Perkins wrote:
>
>>
>>> I just want to take CS as an example for now: It is a *very* active
>>> project by now, has become a fully featured graphics engine one or
>>> two years ago already and is still increasing in quality. When
>>> version 1.0 will be released I'm sure it'll be among the best
>>> commecial engines you can get - but only for graphics and maybe
>>> sound. No networking, no multithreading. But it's the best LGPL'ed
>>> candidate out there.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, I'd say the Nebula Device is probably a bit better overall,
>> and certainly just as actively developed. But they are both quite good.
>>
>
> Is the Nebula Device LGPL? From what I see on
> http://sf.net/projects/nebuladevice
> it seems they are using some other license:
>
> # License: Other/Proprietary License
>
> On their home page I cannot find any license information.
>
It's BSD actually. And as far as I can tell The Nebula Device is in a
poorer state than CS. I've tried to dig into it, but it got the flair of
a in-house-development that was never meant for a release. Building the
engine isn't simple because the process is adopted to their in-house
procedures as it seems. Docs are quite poor. And there's no support. I
once wrote the developers an email because there was an obvious bug in
one of the TCL build scripts I couldn't dig into myself. They never
replied.
Support is better for CS. I've subscribed to the CsMain mailing list and
get burried by dozens of emails a day since then. And, Jorrit, how do
you manage to write so many posts and code so much at the same time? You
still got your daytime job? ;)
> Also I think Nebula Device only works on Linux and Windows. If you also
> plan
> to target MacOS/X and other operating systems then Crystal Space might be
> better.
>
Correct. What became of the SPARC port of CS?
> Note that I'm a bit biased as the project manager of Crystal Space, so
> take my opinions
> with a mountain of salt :-)
>
You've written nothing I can't agree with.
Gregor