Legal issues will pop up in everything. If we stop doing what we do for fear of legal action then nothing will get better.
On Nov 6, 2011 7:37 PM, "Edmund Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 November 2011 04:18, Ric Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love that, you want some kind soul to code something for free so that > you > > can then charge others? <swoons at the logic> Ric > > Actually I'm _offering_ to code something for free (DTL/NSL > integration with BitCoin or some other distributed currency system > that someone might suggest) so that other people can charge each > other. I'm then hoping that someone else would do the same to make the > viewer work better with what I'd code, although I'm hoping it would be > useful even if they didn't. > > I suppose there's an irony in there somewhere, but this is very common > in free software. There's loads of free software designed to help > people charge each other: OS Commerce, Ubercart for Drupal, > BitCoin/Ubercart integration, BitCoin itself, the original DTL money > server, Fumi Iseki's version of the original DTL money server, not to > mention the whole free software stack that supports most of the > world's e-commerce systems. The alternative would be that free > software would have to give up and throw in the towel to proprietary > systems for anything to do with commerce - which is also what we'd do > if we followed your suggestion on the other thread and stayed clear of > the whole area for fear of unspecified legal threats. > > PS. Your "Gift Exchange" is money. > > Edmund Edgar > Founder, KK Social Minds > Educational Technology for the Web and Virtual Worlds > > [email protected] > +81 090 3912 3380 > Skype: edmundedgar > Second Life: Edmund Earp > Linked In: edmundedgar > Twitter: @edmundedgar > http://www.socialminds.jp > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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