POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Should POV-Ray go green? : Re: Should POV-Ray go green? Server Time
30 Jul 2024 14:23:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Should POV-Ray go green?  
From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 18 Jun 2009 06:51:21
Message: <4a3a1c29$1@news.povray.org>
"Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:web.4a3918d4647a8f1881c811d20@news.povray.org...
> > Good idea .... or bad?
>
> Bad idea.  Everyone should have the option to print out the documentation
if it
> meets their needs.  It shouldn't be up to POV to force a 'green' policy on
the
> end users.  Besides, there are always ways of circumventing the
restrictions if
> one really wishes to do so.

true enough!

> At best perhaps include a discalimer to the docs urging people not to do
so
> unless absolutely necessary

probably not a bad idea, although my motivation was more along the lines of
"why write/port code that you don't have to"

Jim


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