CONTRIBUTORS
Written by George Eckel and Ken Jones
Illustrated by Chrystie Danzer and Chris Wengelski
Production by Karen Jacobson
Engineering contributions by Angus Dorbie, Paolo Farinelli, Tom Flynn, Yair Kurzion, Radomir Mech, Alexandre Naaman, Marcin Romaszewicz, Stace Peterson, Allan Schaffer, and Jenny Zhao
COPYRIGHT
© 1994, 2000–2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND
The software described in this document is "commercial computer software" provided with restricted rights (except as to included open/free source) as specified in the FAR 52.227-19 and/or the DFAR 227.7202, or successive sections. Use beyond license provisions is a violation of worldwide intellectual property laws, treaties and conventions. This document is provided with limited rights as defined in 52.227-14.
TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS
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PATENT DISCLOSURE
Many of the techniques and methods disclosed in this Programmer's Guide are covered by patents held by Silicon Graphics including U.S. Patent Nos. 5,051,737; 5,369,739; 5,438,654; 5,394,170; 5,528,737; 5,528,738; 5,581,680; 5,471,572 and patent applications pending.
We encourage you to use these features in your OpenGL Performer application on SGI systems.
This functionality and OpenGL Performer are not available for re-implementation and distribution on other platforms without the explicit permission of Silicon Graphics.
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Original publication. | |||
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Updated for the 2.4 version of OpenGL Performer. | |||
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Updated for the 2.5 version of OpenGL Performer. | |||
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Updated for the 3.0 version of OpenGL Performer. | |||
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Updated for the 3.1 version of OpenGL Performer. | |||
Revision 100 | November 2004 | ||
Updated for the 3.2 version of OpenGL Performer. |