On 12/10/2009 3:06 PM, stefan) wrote: > hey Xenon, > I just wanted to comment on the naming issue. I am not really in the > position to just rename our project but I can moderate. > I can see your initial concern but also feel "SceneExpression" is > quite different from "Scene Express" both in the way the word visually > looks and the meaning. Please note the former is written as one word. > What's more important is that the audience/clients are totally > different. Maybe you can clarify but from reading the website you sent > me, Scene Express is an addon to a end user software product. On the > other hand, SceneExpression is an open source programming framework > for programmers. I doubt the users of the framework and the software > product will ever overlap. This and the fact that they cater to > different activities makes me think they will never really be mixed > up. They are also in no way competing projects.
I guess I have to disagree here. If I created a userspace application called something like OpenSceneGraphics and used a different font, I suspect Robert would still be a bit peeved. The fact that both Scene Express (which we also abbreviate SX, like you do) and SceneExpression use OSG sort of inevitably drags them into a common arena. At heart, they both do realtime 3D graphics. Trademark law pretty much requires a trademark holder like me defend my mark against anything that overlaps it, otherwise I lose my rights. The litmus test is whether a person who could come into contact with both products might become confused about which was which, which went with which company, or whether they might think they were the same. A taxi company called Boost, a programming library called Boost and an energy shake called Boost aren't a problem. But two realtime 3D tools can be a problem. If there was a meat supplier that sold frozen hamburger patties (instead of ready-made fast-food meals) called BurgerKingGuy, Burger King would still ask them to stop using such a similar name. Because they are at heart, still doing similar things and using a similar name. I don't mean to be difficult about it, and I'm trying to be polite and reasonable. But, my company and trademark law require me to defend my product trademarks. If I don't, I lose all rights to them and any competitor of mine can use them without any objection. > Thanks, > /stefan -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere Xenon AlphaPixel.com PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/ "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
