On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 19:49, Timothy Miller wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:02:08 +0100, Luc Verhaegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 06:00:01PM -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > > I don't think anyone mean to offend you, Niels. I think that there's > > a certain amount of room for humor even in the most serious > > situations. Did you ever absent-mindedly walk into a wall? Did you > > laugh about it? I've done that. > > > > Joking about the Ogre name doesn't mean it's a bad idea. In fact, > > it's a great idea. But there's the basic assumption that we can't use > > the other project's name because our projects are too similar. But > > since we wish we could use the name, we kick around variations of the > > idea, and we have humor and fun in the process. That's how the > > brain-storming process works. > > > > The best ideas either make you laugh (with respect) or make you say > > "oooooohhhhhh... that's just TOO COOL." > > > When i said "Wasn't this going to be an open-source friendly graphics > card?" earlier (2 months ago), i meant that, just underhandedly grabbing > the name without consulting with the OoGRE people would not be > beneficial to the self-imposed image of being open-source friendly. > > I'm sure that the OoGRE folk are reasonable people. Have a chat with > them, offer a small explanation of the difference and a link on your > site, appease them with a few boards, that sort of thing. I'm sure > something can be worked out cordially, especially as the name-clash is > between something entirely software and hardware (well, somewhat :p). Let's look at this a different way. OGRE's a great name. Unfortunately, they beat us to it. By asking them to let us use their name, we're saying that we don't respect that they had the good idea first. Even posing the question could be a very rude thing to do. I'm not necessarily saying that we should give up on the idea entirely, but the project goals are so similar that it doesn't seem right. We need to do this in an ethical and professional manner. Besides, I think with our combined creativity, we can come up with another name just as creative that hasn't already been used by something involved with 3D graphics. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
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