Tayra, we do not say different things. And I agree with what you say. Still the "legalese" remains and if I develop a viewer and distribute it I automatically violate either TPV or GPL.
Worse, I and every other 3rd party dev *DO NOT* need to connect to SL to violate that TPV because LL's TPV does violate GPL terms and conditions by putting further restrictions - independent of usage of a resulting program - on software and developers. That's a fact with the current "legalese". Beating a dead horse :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tayra Dagostino" <tayra.dagost...@gmail.com> To: "Boy Lane" <boy.l...@yahoo.com> Cc: <opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:29:57 +0800 > "Boy Lane" <boy.l...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Tayra, in all respect, but you need to read the policy before posting >> a comment about it. >> >> There are at least 2 major violations against GPL in TPV, independent >> if I want to develop or use any 3rd party viewer to connect to >> SecondLife or not. And I pointed them out in my previous mail. >> >> "You [the developer] assume all risks, expenses, and defects of any >> Third-Party Viewers that you use, develop, or distribute" >> "You [the developer] acknowledge and agree that we may require you to >> stop using or distributing a Third-Party Viewer" > > maybe we cannot sync.... this isn't a restriction against development > based on GPL, is a restriction against ability to connect LL grid with > a 3rd party viewer... > > most known viewer is GPL, but if i write from scratch a new viewer > under "tayra license" something change? no.... TPV is a suite of rules > to connect a viewer to LL grid, i continue to don't see restriction to > your coding freedom.... > > opposite, you are free to not acknoledge TPV, you continue to write > your GPL viewer and connect it to another grid... what changed if TPV > will merged in TOS? > > imho here there are too much noise against something not so big... > > LL is a company, you can write a GPL viewer, and YOU are responsible of > it in front of LL... what happen if you write a viewer GPL with copybot > features and distribute it? > i see in TPV a way to protect developers and resident, but maybe i'm > less paranoid than you... _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
