Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Mark Martin wrote: (Rough) straw project proposal for your consideration. My interest is solely as an eventual beneficiary of your work. = *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation* alias: *xsun*-disc...@os.o Synopsis A project to emancipate the XSun sources

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Bochnig
Hi Mark, +1 from me. I still cannot believe it. A dream coming true))) Cheers, %martin On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Mark Martin storycraf...@gmail.com wrote: (Rough) straw project proposal for your consideration.  My interest is solely as an eventual beneficiary of your work. =

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Mark Martin wrote: (Rough) straw project proposal for your consideration.  My interest is solely as an eventual beneficiary of your work. = *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation*

[osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Mark Martin
(Rough) straw project proposal for your consideration. My interest is solely as an eventual beneficiary of your work. = *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation* alias: *xsun*-disc...@os.o Synopsis A project to emancipate the XSun sources and write wrappers to use

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Mark Martin
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Mark Martin wrote: (Rough) straw project proposal for your consideration. My interest is solely as an eventual beneficiary of your work. = *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation* alias: *xsun*-disc...@os.o Synopsis A project to emancipate

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Mauro M.
= *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation* Thank you Mark for doing this. Only I would suggest Open Xsun for the project name. Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing people from oppression and slavery, Xsun is a software component, not a

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Mauro M. m...@ezplanet.net wrote: = *XSun emancipation***Project = Name *XSun emancipation* Thank you Mark for doing this. Only I would suggest Open Xsun for the project name. Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Mauro M.
Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing people from oppression and slavery, Xsun is a software component, not a person and it isn't really oppressed. Firstly, the term emancipation hits the nail on its head most precisely. Although I myself also generally prefer

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Mark Martin
Mauro M. wrote: Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing people from oppression and slavery, Xsun is a software component, not a person and it isn't really oppressed. Firstly, the term emancipation hits the nail on its head most precisely. Although I

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Mauro M. m...@ezplanet.net wrote: Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing people from oppression and slavery, Xsun is a software component, not a person and it isn't really oppressed. Firstly, the term emancipation hits the nail on

Re: [osol-discuss] XSun emancipation project proposal (Was: Re: [xwin-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards)

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Mark Martin storycraf...@gmail.com wrote: Mauro M. wrote: Emancipation sounds inappropriate as its meaning is about freeing people from oppression and slavery, Xsun is a software component, not a person and it isn't really oppressed. Firstly, the term