DXTn textures in D3DX9

[Ben Klein]

2009/5/23 Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmx.at>:
> Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2009 19:15:22 schrieb Roderick Colenbrander:
>> So what they are saying is that Nvidia has a license on the s3tc
>> patent for use in those tools but if we would rip their code out we
>> wouldn't be covered unless (but that is gray area) we put all their
>> image code in wine (which would be impossible since it is C++).
>> Perhaps if we want to be safe we could ask s3 for a license for use in
>> Wine?
> Hmm. My idea would have been to link against this lib, but if it is C++ it
> makes troubles.
>

Interestingly enough, nvidia-texture-tools is MIT license and provides
no provision for patent protection. In theory, a fork of this project
to C would be linkable with Wine without legal issues.