Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Patent Update

So the current status of DroidViz is as follows.

The algorithm in solver.c and solver.h is patented by AutoDesk with the inventor being Jos Stam. We have not or ever licensed the files of solver.c and solver.h but they've included accreditation to Jos Stam in the opening comments. We are going to cease distribution of the code with DroidViz.

Without confirmation from AutoDesk that solver.c and its patented algorithm can be distributed the SVN will have the source removed and until the DroidViz API rewrite is complete, any interested parties will need to implement their own fluid solver into the framework.

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