I had a look at the mentioned KDU license that allows certain executables to be distributed and used for non-commercial projects. However this license seems to be for a complete different software package that is not identical with the one used in the SL client. So I assume here we can almost certainly say the KDU library used in the viewer is not redistributable and packaging it with a client is not legal (if done by someone else than LL). Correct me if I am wrong :).
"http://www.kakadusoftware.com/Downloads.html read :Copyright is owned by NewSouth Innovations Proprietary Ltd, commercial arm of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. You are free to play around with these executables and even to re-distribute them, so long as such use or re-distribution is accompanied this copyright notice and is not for commercial gain. Note: Binaries can only be used for non-commercial purposes. If in doubt please contact Dr. Taubman." List of files (Win32): 11/28/2008 18:45 94,208 kdu_buffered_compress.exe 11/28/2008 18:45 94,208 kdu_buffered_expand.exe 11/28/2008 18:45 233,472 kdu_compress.exe 11/28/2008 18:45 192,512 kdu_expand.exe 11/28/2008 18:46 81,920 kdu_maketlm.exe 11/28/2008 18:46 237,568 kdu_merge.exe 11/28/2008 18:46 262,144 kdu_render.exe 11/28/2008 18:46 204,800 kdu_server.exe 11/28/2008 18:46 188,416 kdu_server_admin.exe 11/28/2008 18:47 520,192 kdu_show.exe 11/28/2008 18:47 90,112 kdu_transcode.exe 11/28/2008 18:43 565,248 kdu_v61R.dll 11/28/2008 18:47 110,592 kdu_v_compress.exe 11/28/2008 18:47 122,880 kdu_v_expand.exe 04/26/2009 11:09 0 test.txt 11/25/2008 10:58 96,745 Usage_Examples.txt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boy Lane" <[email protected]> To: "Teravus Ovares" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [sldev] Vivox and Kakadu licensing issues. > Thanks Teravus, > > Certainly it's a licensing issue but one with a heavy technical impact > that affects all 3rd part viewers. > > We need someone from LL to answer that question here, it's no big deal. > Just a yes or no if > a) KDU can be distributed or not > b) Vivox can be distributed or not > > Boy > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
