[haiku-development] Re: Potential trademark issue -- OpenGL
- From: lodewijk andré de la porte <lodewijkadlp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:18:57 +0100
M3D? For short? GL3D, could be pronounced as [glad] which would be neat.
It's also 4 letters like Mesa is. And it's still within the
portal/half-life real because of the "black-mesa" vs "aparture"/"glados"
stuff, although it might not be a reference to that.
-- Lewis
2012/2/2 Alexander von Gluck <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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