[cairo] Switching to Evas Canvas over LGPL

Rogelio M.Serrano Jr. rogelio at smsglobal.net
Fri Aug 13 16:26:12 PDT 2004


On 2004-08-14 07:13:40 +0800 M. Evans <datafeedNOSPAM at gmx.net> wrote:

> 
> Carl,
> 
> Indeed, as you say, "it's all about freedom, remember?" -- so 
> persuade me 
> that Cairo does or will offer technical advantages over Evas, which, 
> like 
> Antigrain.com, retains a nice, friendly license.
> 
> http://enlightenment.org/pages/evas.html
> http://enlightenment.org/pages/htmlized/evas/
> http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-users/2002/11-2002/msg00059.html
> http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7888&limit=no#266628
> 
> Explain what Cairo does that Evas does not -- if anything. Then we 
> can decide 
> whether Cairo's technical merits outweigh its new license and make an 
> informed choice.  In this manner you can help us to exercise our 
> freedom.
> 
> 

Bezier paths? Opengl output without X?. Maybe cairo is in a position 
to force people to go GPL. Unless they want to start funding EVAS.
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