Re: Supposed VRML files

Chris Marrin ([email protected])
Wed, 24 May 1995 17:30:11 -0700


> be added to the legitimate list. Basically, this page is just a front
> end to the Qv library. I haven't had a chance to completely debug it
> so don't be surprised if you see an error message. :-)
>
> Dog List: http://www.geom.umn.edu/~daeron/docs/dog.html
> Legit List: http://www.geom.umn.edu/~daeron/bin/legitlist.cgi
> Authenticator: http://www.geom.umn.edu/~daeron/docs/vrml.html

PLEASE don't hang our dirty laundry out for all the world to see. Putting
an innocent author up for ridicule by including his or her home page into
your personal black list is mean spirited and doesn't help ANYONE. It
does, in fact, tell the world that we are divisive group who can't behave
ourselves.

IvToVRML has a problem, it leaves the nearDistance and farDistance fields
in a camera, as well as a couple of other things. This is a bug which
will be fixed in the next beta, not a blatant attempt by SGI to take over
VRML! I have seen several authors change the header on an IV file to VRML
and call that VRML. Making these authors into criminals will only serve
to scare off those who really want to jump start VRML.

Your authenticator is GREAT! Please promote that. But if you encounter
an illegitimate file couldn't you e-mail the author and suggest he or she
fix the problem rather than holding him or her up for derision?

WE MUST PLAY NICE OR THE WORLD WILL IGNORE US...

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