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- From: vputz@nyx.cs.du.edu (Victor Putz)
- Subject: Re: Licensing fees
- Message-ID: <1993Jan29.014846.16001@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <C1HDy2.GIM@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <1993Jan27.153031.1@cc.uvc
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 01:48:46 GMT
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- WC> Xlib04 is out there, runs great, does fast graphics, and is
- WC> public domain. They willphics lib. :^) I haven't used yakicons but I
- hear it is
- WC> similar, but there are areas where xlib and yak don't overlap.
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- yakIcons is a XLIB04 shell designed for high end languages (C++), while
- XLIB is the low-level put-to-the-screen routines.
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- I tend to concur: trying to sell your library to a major software house
- will probably be fruitless. Give it away. Give away tools; sell the
- games you make with them.
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- Jes' my two cents.
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- Good luck (and good gaming),
- -->Vputz
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