From: Jenny Zhao (zhz++at++dandan.engr.sgi.com)
Date: 04/04/2001 09:29:59
Hi, Bram,
Sorry about this. Looks like the ball got dropped.
Thank you for not giving up on us :)
Let's talk about the details off line.
Sorry again.
On Apr 4, 4:56pm, Bram Stolk wrote:
> Subject: One last plea for Python binding
> Hello,
>
>
> This is in the hope that some influencial people at SGI pick up on this.
>
> Last year, I've been trying to get SGI to authorize me in distributing
> my Python binding for Performer.
>
> Despite me talking to the product manager Kimmberley Neff at siggraph,
> SGI never followed up on this.
>
> So, I would like to plea: please reconsider authorizing the distribution
> of this binding, it holds only advantages for SGI, no disadvantages.
>
> The binding requires an installed version of SGI-supplied OpenGL|Performer,
> and the availability of the binding is of no help for a competitor trying
> to implement his own version of the Performer API.
>
> Frequently, people ask me to share this binding, but the copyright messages
> in the pf headerfiles explicitly inhibit redistribution of derived work.
> (The binding is clearly derived, as it needs to offer the same API as the C++
> headers).
>
>
>
> Bram Stolk
>
>
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> "Thats nothing, if you play it forward, it installs NT-4.0"
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>-- End of excerpt from Bram Stolk
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