The TPV has no differentiation between source code and binary. The GPL requires sourcecode distribution anyway. He's in the wrong and I suspect he knows it.
Also, to be quite frank, contracts that are designed to be displayed whenever the user logs into a service should be written so it is clear to the *user* what their responsibilities and restrictions are. If you want to have a "legalese" version, it should be attached as a "more detailed" link for the lawyers to look at. No one is going to hire a lawyer just to look at an e-document every damn time they sign into a bloody game. Fred Rookstown On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 18:12 -0400, Michael Daniel wrote: > VR Hacks wrote: > >> I mean you can't legally be held liable for users who refuse to follow a > >> contract they made with you, can you? > >> > > > > Sure you can. After all, if you write malicious code, you know you're doing > > it. > I stand corrected, then. I wasn't really talking about malicious code, > though. I was just talking about protection from the worst-case > scenario where a client has an unintended bug in it that causes rolling > restarts, then LL comes after the 3rd party dev for damages. I meant to > talk about incompetent coders, not malicious coders (I know that none of > the coders on this mailing list fit either description, but it's still > something to think about). Even LL sidesteps liability for damages done > by the official viewer, so why shouldn't 3rd party devs try to do the > same thing? > > On a different subject: Is Fractured Crystal correct in the following > video when he says that he is not breaking TOS with the Onyx viewer > because he only distributes the source code and not the binaries of it? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRbV9SIbdCA&feature=player_embedded > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRbV9SIbdCA&feature=player_embedded> > > Thanks, > ~Bubblesort Triskaidekaphobia > > _______________________________________________ > 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
