[osg-users] The naming of VulkanSceneGraph

[Chris Hanson]

Ok. I've done this.

https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Ecosystem/issues/36

Maybe that will get their attention and some response.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 2:54 PM Michael Weiblen <mike.weiblen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'd suggest creating a ticket at
> https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Ecosystem/issues
>
> -- mew
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Robert Osfield <robert.osfield at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 at 14:53, Eric Sokolowsky <esok127 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Trademark holders *must* defend their trademarks, or they lose them.
>>
>> Indeed this is true.  It's only part of the story though.
>>
>> Khronos mission is to develop and promote open APIs, as part of this
>> they trademark projects they undertake, they also develop APIs then
>> promote their use.  If Khronos do view VulkanSceneGraph as potentially
>> infringing then we'll need to discuss with them about granting
>> permission to use this name, the benefit for Khronos is the it is
>> significant step in promoting their own cause.
>>
>> We have three options:
>>
>>   1) Ignore the issue, if Khronos decide they want to discuss the name
>> then deal with it then.
>>
>>   2) Reach out to Khronos and be co-operative
>>
>>   3) Change the name to something else less relevant
>>
>> Currently, approach 2 is what Chris has kicked off, no response yet,
>> so we may need to reach out a bit further.
>>
>> I am about head off on holiday for a week so won't be doing any
>> chasing up myself right away.
>>
>> With Siggraph coming up this might be a good time to reach out and
>> chat face to face. I won't personally be attending, but If you are
>> attending then let us know.
>>
>> The project is less than a month old, so I'm not too concerned about
>> things as they stand right now.  If things don't go the way I'd prefer
>> then we just fallback to 3, the design and code won't change, it'd be
>> a wasted opportunity and bit of money spent on URLs but nothing major.
>>
>> Robert
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