[haiku-development] Re: Potential trademark issue -- OpenGL
- From: "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:35:39 +0100
Hi!
On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:21:41 -0500 John Scipione wrote:
> I prefer the banner image, without it the preference pane looks a
> little
> too plain. And there is nothing wrong with a bit of inconsistency to
> add
> some flair.
I don't agree. Consistency should be (and is) one of our major goals. I
think the user doesn't want to be entertained by the GUI, certainly not
by a preference panel. :)
In that regard: +1 for the new look.
But what about Eddy's quote from SGI's OpenGL license:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:01:06 +0100 Eddy Derick wrote:
> "[...] This license is available free of charge if you are developing
> open source implementations on open source platforms. For closed
> source
> licenses or licenses on proprietary platforms, a charge will be
> associated with a trademark license."
While our 3D rose is still a 3D rose, whatever its name, "OpenGL" is
well known in the tech world and we'd benefit from having it on our
feature list.
Regards,
Humdinger
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