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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 03:52:24
Message: <3A6AA349.156E7705@gmx.de>
Hookflash wrote:
> 
> That's why I dislike the current development model... The only information
> we get about the process is whatever the developers decide to tell us.  I
> would prefer a more open, community-oriented approach (OpenSource,
> basically).  But maybe that's just my preference.

Well, you can always modify the povray source to make your own patch as
long as you comply with the licence.  megapov *is* a much more open
approach containing the patches from a lot of different people.  Anyway
there are a lot of problems with megapov, because most patches were
developed for some special purpose and for example are not easy to use,
not well optimized or don't work well together with other patches.  

As i understand it Povray 3.5 is not only about adding new features to
Povray but also about keeping consistence concerning the Povray language,
the documentation and of course the source code.  I much appreciate that
effort.

> 
> And what harm would there be in that?  If someone wants to use the renderer
> in their own program or distribute a crippled version, who cares?  If it's
> not PovRay anymore, they can use a different name and logo.

I don't agree with that, mainly because i would not like that either if it
was my programming work.

> 
> How can we obtain their permission when we can't contact them?
> 

POVLEGAL says how you can contact the POV-Team if you have questions
concerning the licence.  Furthermore i suppose you can also contact the
TAG about that.

> 
> I appreciate the work the PovTeam is doing, but I think it would be easier
> on them *and* the community if we had a more open development model.  Of
> coarse, I could be wrong (it's happened once or twice before... j/k;-)
> 

According to the POV-Team Status Report there is going to be some change
in that for version 4.  You can read the Status Report in  
povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions

Christoph

-- 
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
IsoWood include, radiosity tutorial, TransSkin and other 
things on: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 07:42:06
Message: <3A6AD914.D40D080B@simberon.com>
> >> I love MegaPov, but we are being kept waiting in the dark as far as the
> >> actual development schedule is concerned.  If someone on this newsgroup
> >> asks when 3.5 will be released, they will get several "When it's ready"
> >> responses, which are pretty much useless.
> >
> >Well, that *is* the answer...there is no way to predict the final
> >release date. All of the information has been given: it is not yet beta,
> >not all of the additions have been completed, but it will have most of
> >the new features of MegaPOV, the feature list has been frozen, the
> >features just have to be implemented and tested, and nobody knows when
> >it will reach beta, let alone final release.
>
> That's why I dislike the current development model... The only information
> we get about the process is whatever the developers decide to tell us.  I
> would prefer a more open, community-oriented approach (OpenSource,
> basically).  But maybe that's just my preference.

I don't want to propagate long debates like this, bit let me give you some
information from a historical perspective.

The reason I proposed starting a POV-Ray team and using the source for DKBTrace
as a base was exactly because I couldn't keep up with the development on my
own.  There were lots of people who wanted to add new features and extend the
system but couldn't because it was controlled by one individual.  I was just
starting my Master's degree and I felt I wouldn't have time to put into adding
features into a free program and rather than let it die, I handed it over to a
group of developers to allow them to make their enhancements.  It's ironic that
the same situation has occurred in POV-Ray.

If there's anything I learned from my DKBTrace and POV-Ray experience, it's
that integrating all the code. testing it, and putting together a release is as
difficult a job as just writing the code in the first place.  Lots of gotchas
pop in and delay release.  You also get a lot of people breathing down your
neck eager for the next release.  Any time we jumped the gun and released a
package before we were ready, it backfired on us - something critical was
wrong, a fixed version had to be released in a hurry, and users are confused
about what version is right and what version is wrong.  It gave people doubts
about the quality of the program and caused embarrassment on behalf of the
developers. I'm unconvinced that a completely open-sourced approach would
handle these issues well.

Also remember that even though the source is freely available and the program
is free to download and use, it still has a copyright and the POV-Ray team
still owns the intellectual material.  At one time, we seriously considered
allowing various companies to license POV for a charge (keeping it free for
other uses), but the whole idea collapsed because we couldn't agree on how the
profits were to be split. It also caused a riff in the POV-Ray team because it
got into a "my contribution is worth more than your contribution" war.  I can't
image the POV-Ray team tying that again.

I sympathize with the people who feel that the POV-Ray team holds too tightly
onto the reigns of power on POV-Ray.  Remember, though, that they are trying to
set a certain standard on the quality of the package (including docs, examples,
etc) and they are ultimately responsible if things aren't right.  It's easy to
criticize but it's hard to do.  Give them some slack and let them do the work.

As for announcing release dates, there's no point.  Internally, they will
probably have a date they are shooting for.  If they miss that date, though,
they don't want flack from the user community asking "where is it?"  Again
we've been through that before and it's not fun trying to explain slips in
schedules to the user community.  We got into the "we'll announce it once it's
released and no sooner" to try to free our time to do the work rather than
answer questions on why we didn't make our predicted release date.

Enough said.
David Buck
dav### [at] simberoncom


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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 11:35:46
Message: <slrn96m3v4.1ju.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:04:34 +0200, Peter Popov wrote:
>On 20 Jan 2001 18:20:25 -0500, hoo### [at] hotmailcom (Hookflash)
>>Well, I don't think these people would've contributed their code with that 
>>sort of attitude; and, even if they had, are they really going to take the 
>>time/effort to cause trouble?
>
>I doubt they would but still it doesn't give anyone full rights over
>these contributors' code.

In fact, some contributors did specify that their code could only be used
for POV-Ray, perhaps due to constraints on their contributions due to their
employers or other parties.  By allowing reuse of that code, we could be
getting the original contributor in legal trouble with someone who really
does care.

By contrast, some code in POV-Ray really is free: the crackle code in 
3.1 specifies in the comments that it's public domain (though you should
check that yourself rather than take my word on it, because I'm just saying
that from memory.)

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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From: Alan Kong
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 12:47:55
Message: <337m6tcjee3qe2fgkmskso6i4dp200ldt8@4ax.com>
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:41:56 -0500 David Buck wrote:

>If there's anything I learned from my DKBTrace and POV-Ray experience, it's
>that integrating all the code. testing it, and putting together a release is as
>difficult a job as just writing the code in the first place.  Lots of gotchas
>pop in and delay release.

  Nothing has changed in that regard, David <s>. The guys are hard at
work, writing and debugging, as we speak... err, type.

>At one time, we seriously considered
>allowing various companies to license POV for a charge (keeping it free for
>other uses), but the whole idea collapsed because we couldn't agree on how the
>profits were to be split. It also caused a riff in the POV-Ray team because it
>got into a "my contribution is worth more than your contribution" war.  I can't
>image the POV-Ray team tying that again.

  We like keeping it simple. We strive for cohesion within the POV-Team
and we have a really good, dedicated group of individuals right now.
People who can work well together can accomplish a lot. We also receive
invaluable help from the TAG (Technical Assistance Group), who provide a
much needed first line of support for these news groups.

>As for announcing release dates, there's no point.  Internally, they will
>probably have a date they are shooting for.  If they miss that date, though,
>they don't want flack from the user community asking "where is it?"  Again
>we've been through that before and it's not fun trying to explain slips in
>schedules to the user community.  We got into the "we'll announce it once it's
>released and no sooner" to try to free our time to do the work rather than
>answer questions on why we didn't make our predicted release date.
>
>Enough said.

  ...and well said, David. Thank you for your perspective.

-- 
Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer


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From: Hookflash
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 19:14:14
Message: <Xns9030A4E6DCA0Ahookflashhotmailcom@204.213.191.228>
"Lance Birch" <-> wrote in <3a6a67b9@news.povray.org>:

>> And what harm would there be in that?  If someone wants to use the
>renderer
>> in their own program or distribute a crippled version, who cares?  If
>> it's not PovRay anymore, they can use a different name and logo.
>
>LOL, yeah I'll just take the object source code that's supplied with 3D
>Studio MAX Commercial, and I'll call it something different and change
>it slightly, and I'll sell it, there's no harm in that, after all, it
>won't be the 3D Studio MAX object source anymore.
>
>--
>Lance.
>
>http://come.to/the.zone
>
>

No, you won't do that, because 3DS Max is a commercial product.  You would 
be stealing profits, and that would be harmful to the developer's and their 
business.  PovRay, on the other hand, is freeware, so there are no profits 
to steal.

Hookflash


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From: Hookflash
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 19:20:41
Message: <Xns9030A5FF0F38Dhookflashhotmailcom@204.213.191.228>
>What do you mean by "a more open development model" exactly?
>

A development model where the community is involved in the actual 
development of the program (i.e., similar to MegaPov, via patches and such) 
and have access to some sort of development schedule.  Why does there have 
to be a dedicated group of select developers?  Couldn't the entire 
community (well, anyone who has the desire) be the "PovTeam"?

Hookflash


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From: Hookflash
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 19:28:27
Message: <Xns9030A7504BE11hookflashhotmailcom@204.213.191.228>
>I don't recall mentioning trouble. And I don't think anyone would
>start causing trouble. There are moral issues involved, though.

Sorry, misinterpretation on my part.

>The POV Team members work on POV in whatever free time they can steal
>from making a living and having a real life. They are doing it for
>free. How would you feel if you were in their position and people keep
>asking why development is slow? Think about it.
>

Well, you have to admit, development *is* slow... I'm not trying to be 
rude, I'm just stating a fact.  Development would be *much* faster if Pov's 
license were like Linux's.  Yeah, we'd have a bunch of different versions 
of Pov, and some of them would be commercial, but I don't see that as such 
a bad thing.  I love the direction Linux is taking.  On the other hand, I 
do love PovRay, and I appreciate the work the developers are doing; I just 
want what's best for PovRay.

Hookflash


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From: Lance Birch
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 21:05:38
Message: <3a6b9572@news.povray.org>
> No, you won't do that, because 3DS Max is a commercial product.  You would
> be stealing profits, and that would be harmful to the developer's and
their
> business.  PovRay, on the other hand, is freeware, so there are no profits
> to steal.
>
> Hookflash

If you've read the documentation you'd realise that POV-Ray *does* have a
commercial value and that what you just said isn't true.

There are funds to steal, and there is intellectual property to steal.

--
Lance.

http://come.to/the.zone


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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 21:10:31
Message: <slrn96n5kq.1rj.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On 21 Jan 2001 19:28:27 -0500, Hookflash wrote:
>Well, you have to admit, development *is* slow... I'm not trying to be 
>rude, I'm just stating a fact.  Development would be *much* faster if Pov's 
>license were like Linux's.  Yeah, we'd have a bunch of different versions 

Yeah.  You know Linux.  That OS that just won Salon's vaporware of the 
year award for kernel 2.4.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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From: Phil Clute
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 22:33:19
Message: <3A6BAA36.7EB9EE8F@tiac.net>
> Why does there have 
> to be a dedicated group of select developers?  Couldn't the entire 
> community (well, anyone who has the desire) be the "PovTeam"?

In a sense they are through Megapov. If your patch is good and
people in general find it useful then it can make it into the
official version, what's wrong with that?

-- 
Phil
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.


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From: Hookflash
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 22:41:18
Message: <Xns9030C804464C3hookflashhotmailcom@204.213.191.228>
>If you've read the documentation you'd realise that POV-Ray *does* have
>a commercial value and that what you just said isn't true.
>
>There are funds to steal, and there is intellectual property to steal.
>
>--
>Lance.
>
>http://come.to/the.zone
>

I said that PovRay was freeware, whereas 3DS Max is a commercial *product*.  
Whether or not PovRay has "commercial value" is irrelevant to our 
discussion, since PovRay is not being sold as a commercial product.  Also, 
the intellectual property cannot be stolen since it's freely available for 
download.  

Hookflash


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 21 Jan 2001 23:38:35
Message: <3A6BB9B4.8B98C1C4@simberon.com>
I've posted my picture at the following address:

    http://www.simberon.com/povray/access.bmp

Enjoy.
David Buck
dav### [at] simberoncom

"Bob H." wrote:

> "David Buck" <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote in message
> news:3A6### [at] simberoncom...
> > seldom worked hard to create a "really cool" image.  The only one I did that
> > was involved was the rendering of a Nortel switch with a computer, TV, and
> > telephone surrounding them.  I don't have the original sources, but I could
> > probably scan the image and post it so you can see it.
>
> I for one would thoroughly love to see a work done by you, I can't say I ever
> have before.
>
> Bob H.


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From: Xplo Eristotle
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 22 Jan 2001 00:22:43
Message: <3A6BC3F5.CB7E9A91@unforgettable.com>
Hookflash wrote:
> 
> >If you've read the documentation you'd realise that POV-Ray *does* have
> >a commercial value and that what you just said isn't true.
> >
> >There are funds to steal, and there is intellectual property to steal.
> 
> I said that PovRay was freeware, whereas 3DS Max is a commercial *product*.
> Whether or not PovRay has "commercial value" is irrelevant to our
> discussion, since PovRay is not being sold as a commercial product.  Also,
> the intellectual property cannot be stolen since it's freely available for
> download.

Intellectual property is a joke, IMNSHO. However, in the sense that IP
can be "stolen" at all, it can be stolen from the various contributors
to POV-Ray. Whether or not POV-Ray is being sold for money is completely
irrelevant to the fact that it enjoys the same protection under the law
as 3DS Max or any other piece of commercial software.

-Xplo


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From: Lance Birch
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 22 Jan 2001 00:40:37
Message: <3a6bc7d5@news.povray.org>
> I said that PovRay was freeware, whereas 3DS Max is a commercial
*product*.
> Whether or not PovRay has "commercial value" is irrelevant to our
> discussion, since PovRay is not being sold as a commercial product.  Also,

POV-Ray, as outlined in the documentation, has a commercial retail price,
not just commercial value.

> the intellectual property cannot be stolen since it's freely available for
> download.

The intellectual property can be considered stolen if someone resells it, as
outlined in the documentation.

--
Lance.

http://come.to/the.zone


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From: Fabien Mosen
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 22 Jan 2001 00:42:17
Message: <3A6BC7EE.1E436637@skynet.be>
Hookflash wrote:

> I said that PovRay was freeware, whereas 3DS Max is a commercial *product*.
> Whether or not PovRay has "commercial value" is irrelevant to our
> discussion, since PovRay is not being sold as a commercial product.  Also,
> the intellectual property cannot be stolen since it's freely available for
> download.

You understood nothing about intellectual property, then.
What could be stolen is indeed the free-ness of POV-Ray.  If someone
took parts of POV-Ray to include in a commercial product (as could
happen with your views), it would be theft, making money on the
back of people who whished to share something for free.

Fabien.


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From: Lance Birch
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 22 Jan 2001 00:48:14
Message: <3a6bc99e@news.povray.org>
Well said.

--
Lance.

http://come.to/the.zone


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 22 Jan 2001 03:59:58
Message: <3a6bf68e@news.povray.org>
"David Buck" <dav### [at] simberoncom> wrote in message
news:3A6BB9B4.8B98C1C4@simberon.com...
> I've posted my picture at the following address:
>
>     http://www.simberon.com/povray/access.bmp
>
> Enjoy.

Did, thanks.  I thought I was going to be disappointed and see a photo of you
yourself. har har

Bob H.


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From: David Burnett
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 23 Jan 2001 15:03:07
Message: <980279872@bigfoot.com>
ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker) wrote...
>On 21 Jan 2001 19:28:27 -0500, Hookflash wrote:
>
>Yeah.  You know Linux.  That OS that just won Salon's vaporware of the 
>year award for kernel 2.4.

Despite the fact that people have been runnig it for months before the 
award.

-- 
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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 23 Jan 2001 21:17:51
Message: <3A6E3B54.E6135A63@faricy.net>
David Buck wrote:

> I've posted my picture at the following address:
>
>     http://www.simberon.com/povray/access.bmp

Cool! Good compositioning. Is that a word?

I woulda posted a PNG btw.

--
David Fontaine  <dav### [at] faricynet>  ICQ 55354965
My raytracing gallery:  http://davidf.faricy.net/


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 08:16:50
Message: <3A6ED62A.1D09501A@simberon.com>
David Fontaine wrote:

> David Buck wrote:
>
> > I've posted my picture at the following address:
> >
> >     http://www.simberon.com/povray/access.bmp
>
> Cool! Good compositioning. Is that a word?
>
> I woulda posted a PNG btw.

I didn't have much time to do the conversions.  If you wish, you can
convert it an post it on the images news group.  It may be easier for
people to see.

I had some help with the composition from an animator friend of mine.
He's the one who designed the images for my upcoming ElastoLab program
and modeled the frog on Simberon's home page http://www.simberon.com.
He has an eye for composition.  I'll forward your comments to him.  I'm
sure he'd appreciate the compliment.

David Buck
dav### [at] simberoncom


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From: Alan Kong
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 14:20:42
Message: <9kau6tgapicld24gm8m1l01jgpfbus2ab5@4ax.com>
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:18:35 -0500 David Buck wrote:

>I didn't have much time to do the conversions.  If you wish, you can
>convert it an post it on the images news group.  It may be easier for
>people to see.

  Hello, David. I've converted "Access.bmp" to JPEG (PNG was still over
400k) and posted it in the p.b.i. group for others to enjoy.

-- 
Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 18:42:24
Message: <3A6F67C2.AA47954@videotron.ca>
David Burnett wrote:
> 
> ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker) wrote...
> >On 21 Jan 2001 19:28:27 -0500, Hookflash wrote:
> >
> >Yeah.  You know Linux.  That OS that just won Salon's vaporware of the
> >year award for kernel 2.4.
> 
> Despite the fact that people have been runnig it for months before the
> award.

Erm... It came out (officially) in January!

-- 
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    flabreque     | by the size of your pipe.
        @         |             - Dogbert, on networking
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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 19:13:21
Message: <3A6F6F73.8A3178D2@faricy.net>
David Buck wrote:

> I didn't have much time to do the conversions.  If you wish, you can
> convert it an post it on the images news group.  It may be easier for
> people to see.

Someone beat me too it ;)


> I had some help with the composition from an animator friend of mine.
> He's the one who designed the images for my upcoming ElastoLab program
> and modeled the frog on Simberon's home page http://www.simberon.com.
> He has an eye for composition.  I'll forward your comments to him.  I'm
> sure he'd appreciate the compliment.

Kewl. Positioning and juxtapositioning pulls every piece together.

--
David Fontaine  <dav### [at] faricynet>  ICQ 55354965
My raytracing gallery:  http://davidf.faricy.net/


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 20:35:47
Message: <3a6f82f3@news.povray.org>
Hello, I haven't had the chance to read all the replies your note has
generated, but there is one reason I'm interested in reaching *you*.� I'm
running a collection of povray (including� explicitly, povray-predecessor!)
art for sale on CD-ROM to benefit the development activities of the
POV-Team.� Chris Cason gave approval for the project.� (Things are a bit
slow right now as we work on an automated upload page, etc...)

But in any case I would be very interested in your donating to this project
any old DBK images, or even providing any historical ramblings on how you
had to walk uphill both ways just to get to a computer that only had lower
case "l"'s and O's, etc. :)��� Please see a page on this project at:

http://10best.raytrace.com/10best.html

I'm Greg M. Johnson.� please reply to�� p t e r a n d o n <at> y a h o o
<dot> c o m.

David Buck wrote:

> Hi all.� I just found this newsgroup recently and I'm amazed at all the
> traffic on it.� It seems that POV-Ray has come a long way form it's
> humble beginnings back in '85 or so.� I'm the author of DKBTrace which,
> you may know, is the predecessor of POV-Ray.� I offered the DKBTrace
> source to the POV-Ray team as a base system and I served on the POV-Ray
> team for about two years.
>
> What exciting things are happening these days in the POV-Ray world?� I'm
> seeing some amazing things posted on the net.
>
> David Buck
> dav### [at] simberoncom


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From: David Buck
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 24 Jan 2001 21:56:30
Message: <3A6F9648.3D595469@simberon.com>
Thanks.

David Buck
dav### [at] simberoncom

Alan Kong wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:18:35 -0500 David Buck wrote:
>
> >I didn't have much time to do the conversions.  If you wish, you can
> >convert it an post it on the images news group.  It may be easier for
> >people to see.
>
>   Hello, David. I've converted "Access.bmp" to JPEG (PNG was still over
> 400k) and posted it in the p.b.i. group for others to enjoy.
>
> --
> Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
> http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer


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From: Peter Popov
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 25 Jan 2001 11:12:29
Message: <ct1t6t8r2itfi7ghvlsqo0c13ugk2q73s6@4ax.com>
On 21 Jan 2001 21:10:31 -0500, ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker)
wrote:

>Yeah.  You know Linux.  That OS that just won Salon's vaporware of the 
>year award for kernel 2.4.

Why? Any more info on this? There is now Slack 7.1 (k2.4) on another
partition on this machine mainly because a) we (my brother and I) want
to be able to watch a DVD without having to restart ten times and b)
my brother wants to learn iptables and the other goodies of 2.4 . Then
he might install it on our blind firewall box.

So, what's wrong with 2.4?


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 25 Jan 2001 11:36:31
Message: <slrn970lgg.54f.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:10:58 +0200, Peter Popov wrote:
>On 21 Jan 2001 21:10:31 -0500, ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron Parker)
>wrote:
>
>>Yeah.  You know Linux.  That OS that just won Salon's vaporware of the 
>>year award for kernel 2.4.

[...]

>So, what's wrong with 2.4?

Whoops, seems I misremembered it a bit.  It only took fourth place, and
it was Wired who ran the survey rather than Salon.  Here's a URL:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,40484,00.html

Anyway, the point is, the POV development model is a lot like the Linux
development model already: you have a bunch of people throwing a bunch of
stuff into unofficial distributions (cf. the various pre and ac releases 
of Linux) and a few people who actually control the official code and
make sure it's up to standards (cf. Linus)  There's nothing wrong with this,
of course.  Until a few days ago, this machine was running 2.2.18pre17
simply because it did what I needed, and most of my machines have MegaPOV 
installed for the same reason.

When real life intervenes, as it does all too often, schedules slip.  That's
why 3.5 is long overdue, and why Linux 2.4 was long overdue.  The GPL or
lack thereof is a different thing entirely, but the person I was replying
to didn't seem to understand that.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 25 Jan 2001 16:33:46
Message: <chrishuff-8BD105.16343725012001@news.povray.org>
In article <slr### [at] fwicom>, ron### [at] povrayorg 
wrote:

> Whoops, seems I misremembered it a bit.  It only took fourth place, and
> it was Wired who ran the survey rather than Salon.  Here's a URL:
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,40484,00.html

And they gave Mac OS X first place...when there has been a public beta 
available for a while and a recently announced shipping date. (well, the 
shipping date was probably announced after this was written, but the 
beta has been around since October.)
It is certainly *very* late, but I wouldn't call it vaporware when lots 
of people besides the developers are running it...


> When real life intervenes, as it does all too often, schedules slip.  
> That's why 3.5 is long overdue, and why Linux 2.4 was long overdue.  
> The GPL or lack thereof is a different thing entirely, but the person 
> I was replying to didn't seem to understand that.

What I can't understand is the problem with MegaPOV or the other 
unofficial versions...or why he doesn't like the idea that POV source 
code isn't allowed to be used in anything but POV, or that distributing 
crippled versions isn't allowed.
And the insistence on complaining in spite of a public announcement that 
the POV Team is considering a different, possibly Open Source license is 
a bit strange.

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/

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From: Hookflash
Subject: Re: Hi from DKBTrace author
Date: 25 Jan 2001 19:39:16
Message: <Xns9034A91E11E77hookflashhotmailcom@204.213.191.228>
Chris Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in <chrishuff-I was replying to didn't 
seem to understand that.

>What I can't understand is the problem with MegaPOV or the other 
>unofficial versions...or why he doesn't like the idea that POV source 
>code isn't allowed to be used in anything but POV, or that distributing 
>crippled versions isn't allowed.
>And the insistence on complaining in spite of a public announcement that 
>the POV Team is considering a different, possibly Open Source license is 
>a bit strange.
>

Hey, I'm not complaining.  I've stated several times that I love PovRay and 
appreciate the work that the PovTeam is doing.  Perhaps I was just airing 
my opinions too harshly (I have a tendency to do that... People often tell 
me I'm opninionated;-).  Anyways, my love for PovRay far outweighs my 
dislike for it's license, which is why I've decided to stop mentioning it.  
Also, after a reread of the license and some consideration of the replies 
to my original message, I suppose the license isn't that bad.

"Strangely", Hookflash

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