[sldev] About the Open Source Viewer

[John Hurliman]

In hindsight OpenSL was a bad enough name for a fork of the viewer, but 
"Open Source Viewer" is just ridiculous. That's like calling Ubuntu 
"Open Source Linux". Not only does the name mis-convey what the project 
does (without context it sounds like a free image viewing app), but as 
previously mentioned every SL viewer is open source. At worst this could 
be conveyed as an attempt to discredit existing SL viewers.


Dzonatas wrote:
> Interesting view.
>
> I put it on the Agenda: 
> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Meeting/Agenda
>
>
> Kiwi Alfa wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a long-time lurker on this list, and I think this may be my first
>> post, but I just wanted to mention that this could cause confusion
>> since the viewer is already open source - the name makes it sound as
>> if Linden Labs' own viewer *isn't* open source, which isn't true.
>>
>> Just my two cents. :) (I'll probably introduce myself properly at 
>> some stage.)
>>
>> - Kiwi.
>>
>> On 7/16/07, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
>>> I wrote up a wiki page about the Open Source Viewer.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Viewer
>>>
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