[opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date

Gareth Nelson gareth at garethnelson.com
Tue Mar 9 13:11:48 PST 2010


Many of the requirements are in fact unreasonable unless they are
rephrased to apply ONLY when connecting to LL's servers

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Argent Stonecutter
<secret.argent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2010-03-09, at 14:38, Tayra Dagostino wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:23:33 -0600
>> Argent Stonecutter <secret.argent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2010-03-09, at 14:12, Tayra Dagostino wrote:
>>>> I think yoiu've misreaded the TPV policy, no GPL violation, viewer
>>>> code is GPL, you can take a copy from svn, manipulate it, patch or
>>>> mood, rename it, all GPL let u do with it (and consequential charges
>>>> for a developer who work on a GPL code)
>>>>
>>>> TPV is like an addendum to TOS, if you want use Linden Lab grids you
>>>> should follow some rules... this is server side, no viewer code
>>>> involved... the Linden services aren't GPL...
>>>
>>> Doesn't matter. LL can't impose a restriction like "you have to stop
>>> distributing your ripper viewer" through any contract, license, or
>>> policy if they're going to use the GPL for the viewer.
>>
>> uhm... i read 'you cannot connect your modded viewer to our grid if
>> contain "word1" or "word2 or "etc."'
>
> To promote a positive and predictable experience for all Residents of
> Second Life, we require users of Third-Party Viewers ***and those who
> develop or distribute them*** (“Developers”) to comply with this
> Policy and the Second Life Terms of Service.
>
> ***If you are a Developer who distributes Third-Party Viewers to
> others***, you must also provide the following disclosures and
> functionality
>
> You acknowledge and agree that we may require you to stop using ***or
> distributing*** a Third-Party Viewer for accessing Second Life
>
> etc etc etc etc etc etc...
>
> I'm not arguing that these are not, perhaps, reasonable requirements.
>
> I am simply pointing out that they are NOT compatible with the GPL.
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