[sldev] About the Open Source Viewer

[Nicholaz Beresford]

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Matthew Dowd wrote:
> Well, I'd propose to call it what it is so possibilities are
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> Open Source Test Viewer
> Open Source Development Viewer
> Open Source Sandbox Viewer
> Open Source Contributions Sandbox Viewer
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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
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>> It was never meant to be so aggressively profound like that.
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>> I had other ideas for a name, but I settled on something just bland and 
>> more so generic.
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>> See my sentiments here: 
>> https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/2007-July/003329.html
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>> Obviously, I'm open for a new name for it.
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>> 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.
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>>> Dzonatas wrote:
>>>> Interesting view.
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>>>> I put it on the Agenda: 
>>>> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Meeting/Agenda
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>>>> Kiwi Alfa wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Viewer
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