[sldev] About the Open Source Viewer

[Matthew Dowd]

Well, I'd propose to call it what it is so possibilities are

Open Source Test Viewer
Open Source Development Viewer
Open Source Sandbox Viewer
Open Source Contributions Sandbox Viewer

Matthew






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> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:13:29 -0700
> From: dzonatas at dzonux.net
> To: jhurliman at wsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [sldev] About the Open Source Viewer
> CC: sldev at lists.secondlife.com
> 
> 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  wrote:
> >>>> I wrote up a wiki page about the Open Source Viewer.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Viewer
> >>>>
> >>>>
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