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The scenery creation code uses [www.cgal.org | The scenery creation code uses [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 liscenses 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. | 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 liscenses 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. | ||
