[haiku-development] Re: Potential trademark issue -- OpenGL
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:45:09 +0100 (CET)
On February 14, 2012 at 12:50 AM Alexander von Gluck
<kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 13.02.2012 15:36, Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > Just to throw in my opinion: I would not just remove the logo (as you
> > already did), but also the application
> > altogether. It could be an optional package you can install if you need
or
> > want it, I see little reason why it should
> > be part of the base installation.
> Hmm, it could be quite useful for forcing software GL if Hardware GL
isn't
> working.
>
> As the Gallium stuff tends to be buggy at times on some hardware, making
a
> friendly interface to force software rendering could be seen as a very
> positive thing.
> We also will have three software rendering engines to choose from if the
> OpenGL work goes well. (swrast, gallium softpipe, gallium llvm)
We certainly have, the general user certainly shouldn't have, though. The
system should always choose the best for the user; it's too complicated
anyway for most users (including myself) to make even an educated guess as
to what is the best solution.
Bye,
Axel.
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