License and Copyright¶

Disclaimer¶

Mesa implements various APIs, including OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan and OpenCL. Even though Mesa implements these APIs, the implementation isn’t formally conformant on all combinations of drivers and hardware. Khronos maintains lists of conformant implementations for each of their APIs, as well as trademark details.

This project is called Mesa, Mesa3D, or The Mesa 3-D graphics library.

License / Copyright Information¶

The Mesa distribution consists of several components. Different copyrights and licenses apply to different components. For example, the GLX client code uses the SGI Free Software License B, and some of the Mesa device drivers are copyrighted by their authors. See below for a list of Mesa’s main components and the license for each.

The core Mesa library is licensed according to the terms of the MIT license.

Most of the Mesa code is licensed under MIT license, but individual files may have their own licenses.

You may find all the licenses used within this project in the licenses/ directory.

Attention, Contributors¶

When contributing to the Mesa project you must agree to the licensing terms of the component to which you’re contributing. The following section lists the primary components of the Mesa distribution and their respective licenses.

Mesa Component Licenses¶

In general, consult each source file SPDX identifier for license terms.