[sldev] About the Open Source Viewer

[Dzonatas]

It was never meant to be so aggressively profound like that.

I had other ideas for a name, but I settled on something just bland and 
more so generic.

See my sentiments here: 
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/2007-July/003329.html

Obviously, I'm open for a new name for it.

John Hurliman wrote:
> 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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