[opensource-dev] Open Viewer Development Announcement

Dickson, Mike (ISS Software) mike.dickson at hp.com
Wed Aug 18 13:57:27 PDT 2010


There are loads of open source projects that are LGPL (in whole or part) and that require a contributors agreement. Joomla, Alfresco, OpenChange, Evolution, etc.  It's a very common practice when a legal entity is the corporate sponsor for the project.  The only impairment here is the constant bickering over useless details.  Either you want to contribute or you don't.  If you do LL is the copyright holder and has every right to insist you sign a contributors agreement in order to make code contributions so that they can administer the project.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com [mailto:opensource-dev-bounces at lists.secondlife.com] On Behalf Of Mike Monkowski
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:52 PM
To: Henri Beauchamp
Cc: opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Open Viewer Development Announcement

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
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