[opensource-dev] Open Viewer Development Announcement

[Mike Monkowski]

Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> SL is the ONLY so-called (but actually still not, obviously: a Canada-Dry
> LGPL, perhaps ?) LGPL Open Source project requiring a License agreement
> from its contributors !!!  This makes strictly no sense and is a clear
> impairement.
> 
> I'd also be curious to know any other of your "good and valid reasons"...

I, obviously, am not in a position to speak for Linden Lab, but let me 
offer my opinion.  This project is somewhat different from most LGPL 
projects in that if there is no CA, it places Linden in the position of 
being sued for copyright infringement if someone contributes plagiarized 
code.  Most LGPL projects don't have a corporate owner with money worth 
suing for.

Mike