[haiku-development] Re: Potential trademark issue -- OpenGL

  • From: Alexander von Gluck <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:12:21 -0600

On 02.02.2012 11:59, Urias McCullough wrote:

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alexander von Gluck
<kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

With all the tiptoeing above, maybe we should consider stripping all
references to "OpenGL" in Haiku? While these changes may cause confusion to 
users... it would improve our legal safety.

Thoughts?


If Mesa intentionally avoids it, then I think we should as well... I
have to assume Mesa has already contacted SGI and the requirements for
obtaining the license were difficult to comply with, otherwise they
likely would have done so. We should follow Mesa's lead.
Yup. I hate using the Mesa branding though for things describing 3D graphics. 

Personally I think using the "GL" term would be the best compromise.


Ideas:

"GL Rendering"
"3D Rendering"
"GL Renderer"
"3D Renderer"
"3D Engine"
"3D Accelerant"
"3D Add-on"
"GL Add-on"
"GL ThreeDee"
"GL-o-matic"
"Stereoscope 3D"
"Stereoscopy"
"3D Graphics"
"3D Subsystem"
It would be nice to fall back on 3D as it is a general term and conveys OpenGL without 
potentially breaking any trademarks.


-- Alex

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