Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:13725 comp.windows.news:1541 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!spectral!sjs From: sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.news Subject: HP's 3D UI style Message-ID: <17707@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 25 Sep 89 13:38:23 GMT Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: sjs@bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) Organization: Bellcore Lines: 24 I am rather impressed by the visual impact of HP's 3D UI style. Apparently, HP claims a copyright on this look. This raises a number of questions: 1) Exactly what rights does HP reserve regarding the use of the style? 2) Does a user of HP's libraries have any obligation to uphold the "spirit" of the look. 3) Can a user define new 3D widgets (e.g. a bar-graph widget), and if so what claim does HP have on the new widget or any applications that the user builds using those widgets? 4) Suppose that someone developed a set of widgets for a different windowing system that were quite similar to HP's in general look and feel? Suppose he put them in the public domain? 5) How does HP feel about the NeXT look and feel? Likewise, how does NeXT feel about HP's 3D widgets? They look pretty similar to me. Post or mail your opinions, as you prefer. If you feel you can make any authoritative statements, however, please mail them to me. Stan Switzer sjs@bellcore.com