Thanks for the explanation, Doug. I am glad you guys are sensitive to this issue.
Cheers, Bill On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Doug Twilleager wrote: > If you look at how we have structured the open source development for > the games projects > on java.net, including JOGL, you can see how these problems can be > avoided. Yes, it is > open source, and anyone who is motivated and has the skills can > contribute, but it is very > controlled. It has 1 or 2 individuals acting as project leaders ensuring > that the evolution > is well designed and within the spirit of the technologies. > > Doug. > > Bill Hibbard wrote: > > >Hi Will, > > > >>>What *technical* reasons are there for moving away from Java 3D? > >>> > >>I have two: dependence on a closed source API and lack of communication from > >>the API developer. Communication is a vital part of Information Technology > >>as is highlighted by this case even if it isn't strictly "technical". > >>. . . > >>Now I don't think any of this spills across to Java - obviously Sun has a very > >>good commercial case for continuing that, so I shall be using Java, open > >>source 3D graphics but sadly no longer Java3D. > >> > > > >I also am an open source enthusiast - all my software is > >open source. But I don't think open source is the best > >solution for Java3D. The rest of Java is not open source, > >and Java would have been ruined long ago if it had been > >licensed under GPL or LGPL. The key thing about the Java > >license is that you may not call something Java unless it > >is compatible with the Java reference. This protects > >platform independence. > > > >An open source Java3D would be preferable to no Java3D at > >all, but if it goes open source then we'll see lots of > >implementors who add their own little improvements and > >hence create lots of incompatible versions. I switched to > >Java (in January 1996) because I was fed up with the > >constant platform problems from users of our systems. We > >still get a stream of emails to the Vis5D (written in C) > >mailing list from folks who are having trouble installing > >on Linux (and other Unix flavors). > > > >Cheers, > >Bill > >---------------------------------------------------------- > >Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 > >http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html > > > >=========================================================================== > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > >of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > > > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
