There's a secret mailing list to discuss such issue? Wow. That's interesting. I feel like Ryan now too.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan McDougall Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] [opensim-core] snowcrash's contributions On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Cristina Videira Lopes <[email protected]> wrote: > dr scofield wrote: > > to me this is another piece from the legal FUD department (reminiscent > of the "money" discussions). > > > It's very easy to brush difficult issues under the rug of "I don't care, > this is ethics, not technical, hence it's FUD". You're entitled to that > stand. Give your -1 on whatever is being proposed and stay out of the rest > of the conversation, instead of trying to "FUD the FUD." Some of us care > about these difficult issues. Having a co-copyright holder who releases an > addon to opensim under a discriminatory license (in this case based on > country, but could be based on race, gender, sexual orientation,...) is not > something some of us can ignore. Unclear if/what we should do about it, but > clear that this is bugging a lot of people, not just core devs, and hence it > should be discussed not ignored. > > Crista Nationality, or more to the point of the clause, political disposition, can be changed; unlike race or gender -- which is the kind of the point, to make a political stand in the face of potential human catastrophe. :D Have I mentioned that I'm not a fan of the secret mailing list? ... Here I am feeling like a member of a community, but largely without voice on the crucial matter of eccentric licenses(?)! :P Cheers, _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
