Thats the real issue IMO. Much of the confusion seems to me to be due to a separate document that describes "new" requirements. If this is simply designed to protect and define access to the servers then it should have simply been an addition to the TOS, which defines the conditions under which a connection to secondlife is permitted.
Mike On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 08:41 +0000, Gareth Nelson wrote: > Or anyone who has an issue with it can close their account and > blatantly violate this policy. > > This raises a question: has the TOS been updated to contain words to > the effect of "you agree to be bound by the TPV"? If not, any > developers may simply reject the policy > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 09:21:25AM -0700, Joe Linden wrote: > >> The updated version of the Third Party Viewer Policy was posted here about > >> a > >> week ago: > >> http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php > > > > That says that if a developer changes the code and distributes it, > > you reserve the right to pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies: > > > > 3 a. If you are a [...] Developer of Third-Party Viewers, you must not: > > [...] design Third-Party Viewers to [...] > > > > If we believe you are or have been associated with activities that violate > > this paragraph, either within or outside of Second Life, we may take any > > enforcement action we deem appropriate [...] and pursuit of all legal and > > equitable remedies. > > > > 7 d. You (Developer of Third-Party Viewers) assume all risks, expenses, and > > defects of any Third-Party Viewers that you [use,] develop, or(!) > > distribute. > > > > This is not compatible with the GPL. > > Therefore, anyone who contributed to the GPL-ed code has a case > > if they want to retract their contribution. > > > > -- > > Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
