On 2/24/07, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


The Open-Graphics Project

- Building a graphics card

Maybe "Designing and building..."

- For FLOSS softwares, and operating system

software.... operating systems

- Fully published specs

Maybe hyphenated, "Fully-published".  What what we mean is "Complete
specs published".

- Drivers that are free software

Free Software


What is OGP ?

- A project started by Timothy Miller, from TechSource.

Tech Source, Inc.   [At least put in the space.]

Optional:  I've started using my middle name, "Normand" as a way to
distinguish myself from the overabundance of others named "Timothy
Miller".  Include it?

- Sustained and developed through contributions
- The hardware production is undertaken by Traversal Technology

Maybe:  Traversal Technology, LLC

- Traversal Technology is a separate company created by OGP members Mr.
Miller and others

... OGP founder Timothy Miller and others.

Maybe mention something about the OHF:

- Open Hardware Foundation is a separate non-profit to manage
donations and tie together Free Hardware Design communities; created
by OGP member Patrick McNamara and others.


The Open Graphics Card

- A graphics card for FLOSS softwares, and operating system.

software... operating systems

- 2D graphics performance

Do you mean "performance 2D graphics"?  What DO you mean?

Maybe "high-performance 2D graphics"?

- OpenGL support
- Dual DVI

... and high-res analog

- TV Output
- 256 Mb memory

MiB

- PCI, PCIe

The community needs

Openly published documentation for the hardware's logical, electrical,
and mechanical interfaces

I think "Openly-published" may be something you would hyphenate.  But
I might suggest "Complete published" or "Published complete".

Hardware integration into larger systems

Techical support during the full service life, regardless of whether the
manufacturer is able to do so

... is able to provide it.

The freedom to modify and redistribute supporting software as needs
evolve

The freedom to re-use all volunteer-contributed parts of the design in
fully open designs

The business needs

In order to be interesting to the free software community and OEM

Is Free Software typically capitalized?

vendors such a card should at a minimum meet the following
requirements:

- Programming interface must be fully documented

- No IP encumberment for implementing drivers

encumberances?

- Very good 2d graphics performance

2D

- Full OpenGL implementation with hardware acceleration

It's actually more like "Full OpenGL 1.3..."


- Good support for xv (yuv->rgb, scaling)for video playback

- Reasonable price!


--
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Favorite book:  The Design of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman, ISBN
0-465-06710-7
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