-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What if the developer develops a viewer for other grids?
On 15/4/2010 16:38, VR Hacks wrote: > Imo, some people fail to see the TPVp for what it is. To wit: > > A) Any and all developers who develop a client for connecting to the second > life grid must adhere to a basic set of rules. To reiterate, the TPV policy > does not just apply to devs extending the lab's code base. To wit: > > "This Policy governs access to Second Life and our technical platform that > supports Second Life by any Third-Party Viewer, by which we mean any > third-party software client, regardless of its source code, that logs into > our servers. This includes software for viewing Second Life, any chat > clients, utilities, bots, and proxies as well as applications that may not > be listed in our Viewer Directory." (http://secondlife.com/corporate/tpv.php > , paragraph two) > > In other words, should I decide to write a "from scratch" viewer to access > the grid, then I must code my viewer such that it adheres to their TPV > policy. > > B) Any developer who develops and/or distributes their viewer is > "responsible" (please note the operative word, responsible) for whatever > code they've implemented. In other words, it is up to them to a) debug their > own code, b) write their own EULA, and c) define & implement a user support > model. Should they choose to do none of the above, that is their choice, as > well. > > Otherwise put, responsible and smart coders will *always* include a EULA > with their binary distribution (regardless of whether or not it was designed > to connect to the grid). Why? Because it sets end user expectation. It > ensures you, as devs, will not end up in a infinite "support for free" loop, > and importantly, it provides legal protection should your code have a bug > that you did not catch. > > As for the GPL argument. That is moot. Or rather, as Joe so noted, "The TPV > is orthogonal to the GPL." > > That being said and all things considered, imo, the lab has been quite > magnanimous when it comes to third party viewer devs. After all, they are > not required to provide "free advertising" via TPV directory that is > designed to set a bar for inclusion, which in turn reduces the chance that > the neils of this world will be able to include their viewer, while at the > same time, increases consumer confidence in the viewers listed in that > directory. Nor is the lab required to "pardon" people who had been > previously banned such that same said may participate in the viewer > directory program. > > Angela Talamasca (in-world) > MA Forensic Psychology > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > VR Hacks Blog: http://bit.ly/VRHacksBlog > VR Hacks Twitter: http://bit.ly/VRHacksTwitter > VR Hacks YouTube: http://bit.ly/VRHacksYouTube > Digital DNA in SL: http://bit.ly/VRHacksSLmap > Digital DNA in Blue Mars: http://bit.ly/BMclient > -- > "Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are > infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you." - Oscar Wilde > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvHbQIACgkQ8ZFfSrFHsmUYjACghi9jjFMXd6CMJhEhAlVwW/0g iEkAoICmu4VZ6aT75M2U2UfkuypBV+M3 =D25i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
