On 9/19/06, Paul Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I touch on this very subject in my Siggraph BOF presentation (given by Mike in my absense):
http://openscenegraph.org/osgwiki/uploads/Documentation/osgbof_siggraph2006.pdf
How do users feel about the current form of OSG? Would there be interest in an OpenGL ES-based OSG, call it OSG ES? This would be a dramatic departure from the current architecture, but a smaller OSG started from a new slate, compatible with both OpenGL and OpenGL ES, might be a good starting point for "OSG 2.0".
I touch on this very subject in my Siggraph BOF presentation (given by Mike in my absense):
http://openscenegraph.org/osgwiki/uploads/Documentation/osgbof_siggraph2006.pdf
Assuming everything is open for discussion in this thread... What about changes to OSG's governance? I think what Robert and Don have done is an excellent story about a successful open source project. That being said, is it time for OSG to move to a more formal governing body? Something along the lines of the (defunct) OpenGL ARB? Companies with a vested interest in OSG would gather to develop and decide on new functionality? Membership fees would pay for new development?I'm not necessarily promoting any of this, but I did want to see how others felt.
Khronus here we come!! ;-)
A while back Don and I discussed talked about taking the OSG a standards based route, we even asked to put it forward by one body, but we decided against it and we're too rushed off our feet to take on anything more even if we wanted to. Our feeling at the time was that design by committee would be break the dynamics and responsiveness that one can deliver developing purely as an open source project/community.
That said, one of things I've considered for OSG-2.x, is the possibility of a core scene graph that is standardardised. What ever you standardise has to be very focused in role and as small as possible to enable it to be created and resolved in a reasonable time. Then there is informal standardisation - via a group of interested parties, rather than an external standards body. This is one of the motivations why I want to arrange "The Gathering" here in Scotland, to explore what the future of the OSG should be and how to manage its future. More info on this event in a seperate thread.
Robert.
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