On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:00 PM, William Stein wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:10:29 -0800, Robert Bradshaw > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 12, 2006, at 3:55 AM, David Joyner wrote: >> I would say that I think Java is the tool for the job, but the >> question is to roll our own "pure" java 3d viewer (without all the >> bells and whistles like colored lights, bump-maps, fog, and graphics- >> card acceleration) or use the already-existing java3d api. > > Is the java3d API easy to install on most modern computers? If so, > I think we should definitely use it for SAGE. I want SAGE to be > technically incredible. The true purpose of the notebook has also > been to provide a GUI for SAGE -- it's not to be a service like > gmail or something. If users have to also install the java3d api, > and it is not difficult to install, then it is a reasonable option. > If it is a major nightmare to install, that is a different story. Yes, it is very easy to install on modern computers. > > Is the java3d api Sun's property? If so, I think that means it will > be GPL'd, which is good. > > William Yes, it is owned (and licensed) buy Sun, though they call it a "community source project" which seems (currently) much more open than the core java libraries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
