Re: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:40:53 -0800

Soft Linden wrote: 
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Mike Dickson <[email protected]> wrote:
  
On 02/23/2010 02:16 PM, Gigs wrote:
    
http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php

You all realize this is massively incompatible with the GPL, right?

      
Not at all.  They're not restricting access to the code. They're
restricting access to their service. And defining the terms under which
that service is provided.
    

Mike's correct.

If you see any wording that's ambiguous about that, let us know.
Section 1c unambiguously imposes a GPL-incompatible download and/or installation requirement that is unrelated to the use of the software with the SL grid(s).

IMHO, it would be more appropriate to handle this like new user dialogs and license changes already do - then it is clearly a use of service agreement, and the third-party viewer registry should already have all that information on hand on Linden Labs' servers.
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