The simple fact of the matter is. If you do not sign a code contribution agreement LL can NOT use your code.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Henri Beauchamp <sl...@free.fr> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:05:20 -0500, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote: > > > On 2015-01-31 07:53 , Henri Beauchamp wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I know this should be posted in the JIRA, but apparently the comments > in > > > the existing issue (SUN-38) are not read or not taken into account by > > > Lindens. > > > > > > Please, to any and all Linden(s) involved in AHH, do read this post for > > > your own enlightement (and hopefully, a better and definitive solution > > > for the SL community as a whole): > > > http://sldev.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1494&p=6890#p6890 > > > > > > Note that I'm beyond the point to care about whether this message will > > > be taken into account or not (so it's perfectly useless to enter a > > > sterile argument on this list about it). It's more like a bottled > > > message I throw into the sea... > > > > I won't speculate on whether or not we would have decided to do it > > differently had your suggestion actually been made when we were starting > > work on this months ago; the factors affecting avatar height and avatar > > vertical offset are quite complicated and it may or may not have been > > the right thing to do. I will say that your input would certainly have > > been considered had you been a part of the conversation at the time > > rather than posting a note on our private forum well after the fact. > > Are you ***kidding*** me ???? > > I have been attending quite a few Server group meetings with Nyx, and > you even were there once (for sure) or twice (can't swear on it), when > I spoke about the SUN-38 issue. > You will find several agendas with my entry about SUN-38, in the Wiki: > > http://wiki.secondlife.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=henri+sun-38&fulltext=Search > Most of the corresponding transcripts are alas missing from the Wiki, > but I *did* explain my solution in at least two of those meetings > and I will point out one particular agenda, where I asked if SPEAKING > with a Linden about SUN-38 and the possible solutions would be at all > possible: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh/Archive/2013-04-29 > > It's not my fault if you keep shrugging off every remark or proposal > I make, or even refuse the dialog (in plain text, because I cannot > articulate well enough English neither understand English spoken > with the US American accent in real time). > I will not even bother quoting the various emails I sent to > *YOU*, Oz, and that you never replied (albeit about other subjects > than SUN-38), but if you want them, I could dig in my backups... > > > Despite the fact that you refuse to contribute your code, > > Again you are reverting the roles here !!!! > > I never refused to contribute my code: it's GPL and always said > that anyone (and yes, that includes *you* Lindens) could reuse it. > Also, each time someone asked for permissionto make my code LGPL > to be compatible with their own viewer, I always said "go for it !". > > What I refuse, however, is to sign a contribution agreement where > I would have to give private data to perfect strangers residing > in a foreign country that doesn't respect the privacy protection > Law of *my* country (or of any other country for that purpose). > You perfectly know this, for I explained it to you (and to Soft > Linden, your predecessor) countless times in emails, even going > down to give you pointers to paragraphs in the (English- > translated even !) French Law "Informatique et Liberté". > > I am not the one refusing to contribute my code, YOU are the one(s) > refusing to use my contributions because of stupid and pointless > lawyer-induced bureaucracy. It is *YOUR* choice and *YOUR* refusal, > not mine !!! > > > I'm happy to make sure that your input is considered if and when > > you provide it in a timely way; > > I am the very initiator of the SUN-38 issue, and if you re-read the > comments I made in it, my solution is exposed here as well (see > the comment posted on 22/Jun/14 10:58 AM, in reply to the Firestorm > team's proposal, i.e. QUITE in the TIMELY manner !!!). > > I ALWAYS gave pointers to major flaws and regressions, either in the > form of a JIRA issue, or directly via emails (to YOU !!!). So, > accusing me of not providing the info or not in a timely manner is > quite INSULTING and a pure LIE from your part. > > > I hope that in the future you'll chose to engage more productively. > > I hope that in the future, you will actually read the JIRAs I initiate, > the emails I send to you, the messages I post on the various boards and > blogs you DO frequent as well as I do (Nalate's blog, to cite just one). > I also hope that you will make the minimum effort to communicate in a > way that a non-English speaking person such as myself can actually > manage (Open Source meetings used to happen in CHAT and not in voice, > when Soft Linden was still there... and I DID tell you in one of your > first meetings that people like me COULDN'T attend your meetings because > of the language barrier: I can find the log, if you wish...). > > Now, I would *much* more prefer a clever and fruitful collaboration > to this sterile childish behaviour (ignoring me, then putting the > fault on me for not participating. I think that in 8+ years of SLing, > I *never stopped* participating !). > > A *pissed* off (BIG TIME !)... > > Henri. > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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