Open source does not imply the definition of free as defined by GNU / the Free Software Foundation. I explicitly said it was not "free" in terms of the GNU definition. You are agreeing with me here.
Also, I used OpenGL in my example because the parent post used DirectX. I also agree with you that they don't need to start from scratch, despite what you said, I did not imply they did. I was simply replying directly to the parent reference to DirectX.
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Open source does not imply the definition of free as defined by GNU / the Free Software Foundation. I explicitly said it was not "free" in terms of the GNU definition. You are agreeing with me here.
Also, I used OpenGL in my example because the parent post used DirectX. I also agree with you that they don't need to start from scratch, despite what you said, I did not imply they did. I was simply replying directly to the parent reference to DirectX.