On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:51:16 -0500 "Timothy Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/22/06, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3430 > > > > So, should it be okay to require a hardware manufacturer to put the logo > > of the creator of the HDL on the hardware itself? > > That depends on the license. GPL doesn't require it, but I think it > would be a good idea. I don't think it's a good idea to require a logo. It will create endless problems when you derive code from others work. The bigh strength of OSS is that you can copy from others by just sticking to a similar license. Most programs i worked with copied from at least a dozen other projects. But if the restriction of adding a logo would be added, then anyone copying code from someone else would need to stick another logo to its program. And in the end, the UI would consist of a dozen of logos that obliterate the functional part completely. What we should rather to is to create a fame, an image of OGP that anyone using our code would like to put a logo on his product. Of course we need to regulate the use of the logo somehow and this will not prevent anyome to use our code without using the logo. But these are things you have to live with if you do open your source (TANSTAFL). Attila Kinali -- Lotus Notes ist eine verteilte Datenbankapplikation, als Sample ist eine miese Groupware dabei ;) -- Lukas Beeler _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
