Java has a completely different licensing scheme though; In order to be
excluded from lawsuits from Oracle/Sun, your code/binary must pass a
series of tests performed by a closed-source testing system. From what I
understand, Oracle refused to give the sourcecode to this system to
Apache/Google, and therefore, they could not use it.
With SL, the entire system /sans servers/ was opensourced, so they don't
have a position to sue for presentation or protocol. In addition, I
believe that reverse-engineering projects are given some leeway in
copyright court in the U.S., but IANAL, I haven't paid much attention to
copyrights until about 2 years ago. :P
Rob
On 11/6/2010 12:38 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:
My thought is: just be prepared for the nightmare scenario. To me,
that would be
something like Oracle buying LL. What they just did to the OpenOffice
developers
gives me pause:
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/oracle-to-openoffice-staff-libre-to-leave-009052.php
Obviously the OpenOffice situation is different, but it's another data
point as to
the *attitude* of a company like Oracle.
I think a lot of folks want to see OpenSim in an unassailable position
for virtual worlds,
in the manner that the Apache server has been for the web.
Hmm, perhaps a better story to reference - Oracle suing Google over
java...
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/08/oracles-java-lawsuit-undermines-its-open-source-credibility.ars
The SCO Unix debacle also comes to mind :)
Daniel
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