*> This is probably worth an entry on the OpenSimulator Wiki* It's already on the wiki and has already been there as far as I can remember.
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Contributions_Policy On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dirk Krause <[email protected]>wrote: > This is probably worth an entry on the OpenSimulator Wiki, because that's > what people keep asking (including me). Or is there already and I didn't > notice? > > -- Dirk > > Von: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Diva Canto > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2010 15:03 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Opensim-dev] GPL / BSD licensing dangers > > The issue here is not BSD+GPL licenses in general, although that's also an > issue to worry about; the issue we most vocally warn people about is very > specific to OpenSim and Second Life. OpenSim has been made legally possible > due to the generosity of Linden Lab's publishing their protocols by means of > some public documentation and, yes, open sourcing the client [under GPL]. So > far, we have had the passive and, at points, active support of Linden Lab in > developing OpenSim. But, as we all know, Linden Lab is a relatively > unpredictable company; at any point, it could be acquired by another company > who is less enthusiastic about a free BSD open source server side to their > client. In the absolute worst case scenario, that other company could cause > us a lot of grief if OpenSim includes code directly derived from GPL'ed > viewer code. (I don't want to start a rhetorical discussion about this; > that's just the worst case scenario, period.) > > Hence, the "no risks" rule. We do not take patches from anyone who is > actively involved in the development of viewers from the LL viewer family. > > If, however, you are talking about your own modules that aren't part of the > official OpenSim distribution, then OpenSim has no say about it -- do > whatever you want. No one here is in a position to give legal advice. > > On 6/30/2010 4:18 AM, Neil Canham wrote: > Would anyone be able to tell me about the warning for any one person not to > work on both the OpenSim source and a viewer such as Hippo? I understand > that there are licensing differences (BSD vs GPL respectively) and that > direct inclusion of GPL code in a BSD project breaks the GPL license. > Surely you could guard against such direct inclusion? Does this extend to > region modules and mini-region modules? I'm in the position of wanting to > make changes to the viewer and also to write MRMs or other modules. > > -- > Neil Canham > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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