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-freeglut is a completely OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL Utility -Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally written by Mark Kilgard -to support the sample programs in the second edition OpenGL 'RedBook'. -Since then, GLUT has been used in a wide variety of practical applications -because it is simple, universally available and highly portable. -
-GLUT (and hence freeglut) allows the user to create and manage -windows containing OpenGL contexts on a wide range of platforms and -also read the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions. -
-freeglut is released under the X-Consortium license. -
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-The original GLUT library seems to have been abandoned with the most -recent version (3.7) dating back to August 1998. It's license does -not allow anyone to distribute modified the library code. This would -be OK, if not for the fact that GLUT is getting old and really needs -improvement. Also, GLUT's license is incompatible with some software -distributions (eg Xfree86). -
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-freeglut was originally written by Pawel W. Olszta with contributions -from Andreas Umbach and Steve Baker. Steve is now the official -owner/maintainer of freeglut. -
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-Pawel started freeglut development on December 1st, 1999. -The project is now a virtually 100% replacement for the original -GLUT with only a few departures (such as the abandonment of SGI-specific -features such as the Dials&Buttons box and Dynamic Video Resolution). -
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-Check the -downloads page for the latest release. -
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-Send freeglut related questions to the appropriate freeglut mailing list: -
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-I believe this is enough for a short introduction. -If you are not tired of reading yet, check out the -freeglut project log. Here you will find the -yet-to-be-introduced new project structure -description. Finally, here you will find the latest -work progress report. Since freeglut is -a re-implementation of the original GLUT API, you can find API -documentation at http://www.opengl.org. -
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