Excellent David, I’m really psyched to see this coming around. Hell, I’ve even joined the mailing lists which I had intended not to do, just to make sure I knew all the details of what’s going on.
Though I haven’t requested developer status, I’d be happy to pick up any little tasks you’d like to help out, or just sit and wait until you feel the package is stable. You da boss.
Paul
Here is the license:
/**
* Copyright (c) 2003, Xith3D Project Group
* All rights reserved.
*
* Portions based on the Java3D interface, Copyright by Sun Microsystems.
* Many thanks to the developers of Java3D and Sun Microsystems for their
* innovation and design.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
* and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*
* Neither the name of the 'Xith3D Project Group' nor the names of its contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
* without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
* AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
* LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
* SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
* INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
* CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) A
* RISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE
*
*/
I think this is a great move.
I am just a bit curious about the legal status of the project from Sun’s point of view. Did the acceptance of the project mean that Sun allows Xith3D code based on Sun’s Java3D interfaces to be distributed under the BSD license? I hope Chris or someone else at Sun can clarify…
Good question. I will post a message to the mailing list and see if anyone knows.
You’ve probably all noticed by now that Xith3D is under the games-middleware project and should be visible to everyone.
Just so you all know, projects go into the games-inbox until their approved, at which point they’re (usually) moved to the correct project category and become publicly visible. When I approved Xith3D, I forgot to move it. My mistake.
On top of that, I was away from my desk most of day or else I would have spotted this thread sooner. Fortunately, Dan noticed the post to the mailing list and was able to correct my mistake.
Once again, my humblest apologies. :-[
That’s ok… these are the sorts of things that I would expect until everyone gets familiar with the processes involved.
It’s just good to know that it was something so simple and not a problem with the system itself.
Shadow Volumes? would be nice dude 
Collision detection :)…
