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The scenery creation code uses [http://www.cgal.org/ CGAL] and other GPL'd or copyleft libraries; as a result it will be released in source under an appropriate open source license. | The scenery creation code uses [http://www.cgal.org/ CGAL] and other GPL'd or copyleft libraries; as a result it will be released in source under an appropriate open source license. | ||
This creates some tricky issues for scenery tool creation. Because Laminar is not prepared to release X-Plane's rendering engine in source, and because the GPL and other such | This creates some tricky issues for scenery tool creation. Because Laminar is not prepared to release X-Plane's rendering engine in source, and because the GPL and other such licenses are 'contagious' (requiring all code integrated with a GPL'd application to be open sourced), it may not be possible to use X-Plane's rendering code to provide WYSIWYG preview of scenery in the creation tools unless the X-Plane engine can be converted to a dynamically loadable plugin. | ||
Because WorldMaker 8 is not open source, it can use X-Plane's code to show previews of facades, roads, etc. | Because WorldMaker 8 is not open source, it can use X-Plane's code to show previews of facades, roads, etc. | ||
