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Re: FREE OpenGL Component w/source for cppbuilder

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From: Daniel Plakosh
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:00
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Alan GARNY wrote:
> 
> > Attached is a OpenGL component (version 0.1 ALPHA) that wrote for C++
> >Builder along with a demo program to serve as a use example. This
> >component also
> >allows you to save and print your images in the OpenGl Panel. I'm
> >somewhat new
> >to C++ Builder and Win32 programming so everything may not be correct or
> >done in the most efficient way. Remember to set your monitor to "True
> >Color" for
> >best results.
> >
> >Contact Daniel Plakosh at <dplakosh@michelle.cobweb.net> to request
> >assistance or to report a problem with this software. Criticism,
> >suggestions and
> >comments are also greatly appreciated. Remember to always include the
> >TOpenGLPanel version and system information in your messages.
> 
> Hi, just a quick question... I must confess that I am a bit surprised, indeed I
> am the author of TOpenGL, and I noticed quite a lot of similitudes between your
> code and mine... I was even more surprised when I saw that you even implemented
> the printing and saving capabilities. I don't know if you got access to my code
> or not, but let me tell you this: if, as you pretend it, you are somewhat new to
> both C++ Builder and Win32 programming, then you are some kind of genius to come
> out with that piece of code. I don't pretend to be a genius, but I don't pretend
> either to be the author of such a code as a newbie.
> 
> I don't think there is anything I can do to prevent you from publishing "your"
> code, but I wouldn't mind some kind of explanations, as I am a bit astonished...
> 
>     Alan.
> 
> --
> Alan GARNY                             http://pc-heartbreak.physiol.ox.ac.uk/
> Oxford University                              Job Phone: +44 (0)1865 272-501
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No, I don't think that you can prevent me from publishing "my code"
because it is 
in fact my code, as trivial as it may be.


What's the funniest thing Alan GARNY the has ever done?

Not shown us the TOpenGL source.
He thinks that we might sell it.

--
What's the most generous thing Alan GARNY the  has ever done?
  
Not shown us the TOpenGL source.
We would have died laughing!


Dan
 
dplakosh@michelle.cobweb.net
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From: Daniel Plakosh <dplakosh@michelle.cobweb.net>
Subject: Re: FREE OpenGL Component w/source for cppbuilder
Date: 1998/02/24
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